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authorSam Hartman <hartmans@mit.edu>2010-01-04 19:59:03 +0000
committerSam Hartman <hartmans@mit.edu>2010-01-04 19:59:03 +0000
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Fix documentation of armor cache based on fast negotiation project
git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@23579 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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diff --git a/src/clients/kinit/kinit.M b/src/clients/kinit/kinit.M
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@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ option; otherwise the default name and location will be used.
.TP
\fB\-T\fP \fIarmor_ccache\fP
Specifies the name of a credential cache that already contains a
-ticket. This ccache will be used to armor the request. Ideally, an
-attacker should have to attack both the armor ticket and the key of
-the principal.
+ticket. If supported by the KDC, This ccache will be used to armor
+the request so that an attacker would have to know both the key of the
+armor ticket and the key of the principal used for authentication in
+order to attack the request. Armoring also makes sure that the
+response from the KDC is not modified in transit.
.TP
\fB\-c\fP \fIcache_name\fP
use