Journey of an IT Architect
A brief on how NTLM and Kerberos work as very common authentication mechanisms that uses symmetric key cryptography and functions across OS
A brief introduction to PAM and SSPI frameworks as common authentication mechanisms in Linux and Windows OS
A brief on SASL authentication mechanism including CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI, and NTLM and how it works with TLS
A review of the OAuth 2.0 standard and how it evolves into OIDC, including the flows and common transactions.
A brief on the SAML protocol, including the history, pros and cons, typical transaction, and how it compares with LDAP
Introduction to LDAP protocol including the concepts, the required ports, OpenLDAP, Secure LDAP, LDAPv2 and StartTLS
