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What Happens When you Type Your Password into Windows?

Published Sep 9, 2020 | Posted in Windows

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes when you type your password into the Windows logon screen and hit enter? Read Article

About Steve Syfuhs

Steve Syfuhs is a developer on the Windows Cryptography, Identity, and Authentication team at Microsoft building authentication stuff for all your favorite operating systems.

How Windows Single Sign-On Works

Published Nov 18, 2020

Have you ever wondered how Windows does Single Sign-on?

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How Authentication Works when you use Remote Desktop

Published Sep 9, 2020

Have you ever wondered how authentication works for things like Remote Desktop?

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About Cryptography in Kerberos.NET

Published Jan 10, 2020

The Kerberos.NET library relies on a few cryptographic primitives for Kerberos. This post describes what those primitives are and how they're used.

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Cross Platform Support for Kerberos.NET

Published Dec 30, 2019

Kerberos.NET is built to be used across multiple platforms, however there are some caveats.

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A Deep Dive into the Design of Kerberos.NET

Published Dec 23, 2019

The Kerberos.NET library has undergone significant redevelopment over the last year and has introduced many new features across both client and server.

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Why is Kerberos Terrible?

Published Dec 31, 2018

Tl;dr; It’s really not. As we build new protocols we should remember all the things we got right with Kerberos and account for all the things we got wrong.

Read Article | Authentication