You're reading from Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition Design, deploy, and protect Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2022

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801070393

Length 780 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Dishan Francis

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Active Directory Domain Services 2022

3. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

4. Active Directory Domain Name System

5. Placing Operations Master Roles

6. Migrating to Active Directory 2022

7. Managing Active Directory Objects

8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

9. Designing the OU Structure

10. Managing Group Policies

11. Active Directory Services – Part 01

12. Active Directory Services – Part 02

13. Active Directory Certificate Services

14. Active Directory Federation Services

15. Active Directory Rights Management Services

16. Active Directory Security Best Practices

17. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell

18. Hybrid Identity

19. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

21. Index

Authentication in an AD environment

Let's go ahead and revisit our previous example, to see how the authentication process works in an AD environment:

Figure 16.4: Authentication process in AD

The following list summarizes the steps involved in the authentication process:

Dave sends the username and his long-term key to the KDC (domain controller).
The KDC checks the username and long-term key with its database and verifies the identity. Then, it generates a TGT. It includes a copy of a session key, which the KDC uses to communicate with Dave. This is encrypted using the KDC's long-term key. It also includes a copy of a session key that Dave can use to communicate with the KDC.
The KDC responds to Dave with its TGT.
Dave decrypts his key using his long-term key and the retrieved session key. His system creates a new request, which includes the TGT and the timestamp encrypted by the session key and service ID. Once the request is...