Obtaining Access to a Specific Service

1. To request access to a specific service, the client must first have obtained a credential for the ticket-granting service from the authentication server, and a server credential from the ticket-granting service. See "Obtaining a Credential for the Ticket-Granting Service" and "Obtaining a Credential for a Server". The client can send a request to the server including ticket 2 and another authenticator. The authenticator is encrypted by using session key 2.

2. Ticket 2 was encrypted by the ticket-granting service with the service key for the service. Since the service key is known by the service principal, the service can decrypt ticket 2 and get session key 2. Session key 2 can then be used to decrypt the authenticator. If the authenticator is successfully decrypted, the client is given access to the service.

Figure 5-4 Obtaining Access to a Specific Service