With this new release, setting up a separate MIT KDC for cluster authentication services is no longer necessary.
Kerberos (initially developed by MIT in the 1980s) has been adopted by every major component of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. Consequently, Kerberos has become an integral part of the security infrastructure for the enterprise data hub (EDH).
Until recently, the preferred architecture was to configure your Hadoop cluster to connect directly to an MIT key distribution center (KDC) for authentication services.
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