Administrator escalating to SYSTEM in the normal course of things

I am learning about interacting with Kerberos from a programming standpoint and have been recreating some of Rubeus’s functions as a way of learning (because what better open source program is there that deals with Kerberos and tickets). O… Continue reading Administrator escalating to SYSTEM in the normal course of things

How to setup a lab for Kerberos Unconstrained Delegation in Active Directory? [migrated]

I’m setting up a lab environment for unconstrained delegation in Active Directory. I’ve encountered some issues and would appreciate guidance on the correct configuration. Here’s my current setup:
Lab Environment:

Domain Controller (DC01)… Continue reading How to setup a lab for Kerberos Unconstrained Delegation in Active Directory? [migrated]

How to setup a lab for Kerberos Unconstrained Delegation in Active Directory? [migrated]

I’m setting up a lab environment for unconstrained delegation in Active Directory. I’ve encountered some issues and would appreciate guidance on the correct configuration. Here’s my current setup:
Lab Environment:

Domain Controller (DC01)… Continue reading How to setup a lab for Kerberos Unconstrained Delegation in Active Directory? [migrated]

Why is presence of SPN on an account causing Kerberos "failed to decrypt" error (KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED)

I am in a corporate environment with on-premises AD on the company.com domain.
We have an AWS VPC hosting some .Net APIs in IIS – the domain these are in is companycloud.com. These APIs are all on the same box.
Some of these .Net APIs make… Continue reading Why is presence of SPN on an account causing Kerberos "failed to decrypt" error (KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED)

In Kerberos, is the "Authentication Server" the only "Trusted Third Party"? Or is "Ticket Granting Server" also a "Trusted Third Party"?

I know that AS (Authentication Server) is a TTP (Trusted Third Party) because it generates keys for two entities (for the client and the TGS).
But what about TGS (Ticket Granting Server)? It also generates keys for two entities (generates … Continue reading In Kerberos, is the "Authentication Server" the only "Trusted Third Party"? Or is "Ticket Granting Server" also a "Trusted Third Party"?

Why can’t a user who is accessing the service on their own behalf find the "long term" keys to decrypt the service ticket and have to use U2U?

I started to study how the U2U mechanism works and got confused. The gist is as follows. When we use U2U the service ticket will be encrypted with the session key KDC of the user-"server". which he will receive during Kerberos au… Continue reading Why can’t a user who is accessing the service on their own behalf find the "long term" keys to decrypt the service ticket and have to use U2U?