Exploring security on an extended local area network

Author

Matthew G. Hecht

Date of Award

12-1992

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Computer Science

Major Professor

William J. McClain

Committee Members

Case, Dunigan

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to report on the research of a study of three security products and how they improve security in Local Area Networks (LANs). The Kerberos Authentication System, Digital Equipment Corporation's Security Encryption System, and Xerox's Encryption Unit were the studied products. Kerberos Version 4 was installed and an automated teller machine (ATM) application was written and transformed into a Kerberos application. Other goals of this thesis were to show: (1) that using Kerberos does not seriously degrade performance, (2) that it is simple to install Kerberos and (3) that converting an application to use Kerberos can be done easily.

Recommended Citation

Hecht, Matthew G., "Exploring security on an extended local area network. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1992.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/12131