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Marcia Ramos
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# Kerberos integration
GitLab can be configured to allow your users to sign with their Kerberos credentials.
## Overview
[
Kerberos
][
kerb
]
is a secure method for authenticating a request for a service in a
computer network. Kerberos was developed in the Athena Project at the
[
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
][
mit
]
. The name is taken from Greek
mythology; Kerberos was a three-headed dog who guarded the gates of Hades.
## Use-cases
-
GitLab can be configured to allow your users to sign with their Kerberos credentials.
-
You can use Kerberos to
[
prevent
][
why-kerb
]
anyone from intercepting or eavesdropping on the transmitted password.
## Configuration
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@@ -227,3 +237,6 @@ to a larger value in [the NGINX configuration][nginx].
[
restart gitlab
]:
../administration/restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source
[
reconfigure gitlab
]:
../administration/restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure
[
nginx
]:
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#large_client_header_buffers
[
kerb
]:
https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/
[
mit
]:
http://web.mit.edu/
[
why-kerb
]:
http://web.mit.edu/sipb/doc/working/guide/guide/node20.html
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