Glossary

ticket

An application-transparent mechanism that transmits the identity of an initiating principal to its target. A simple ticket contains the principal's identity, a session key, a timestamp, and other information, sealed using the target's secret key. A privilege ticket contains the same information as a simple ticket, and also includes a privilege attribute certificate. A ticket- granting ticket is ticket to the ticket-granting service; a service ticket is a ticket for a specified service other than the ticket-granting service.