[6662] in Kerberos
spelling of "Kerberos"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Jaspan)
Thu Feb 15 17:50:41 1996
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 11:45:06 EST
From: "Barry Jaspan" <bjaspan@bbnplanet.com>
To: jik@annex-1-slip-jik.cam.ov.com (Jonathan Kamens)
Cc: reshall_network@cornell.edu, kerberos@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [6651]
Date: 15 Feb 1996 13:00:28 GMT
From: jik@annex-1-slip-jik.cam.ov.com (Jonathan Kamens)
Second, although my dictionary lists the spelling as "Cerberus", it also
claims that it comes from the Latin, which comes from the Greek, and offers
"Kerberos" as the Greek spelling.
The "Kerberos Tutorial" written by Bill Bryant many years ago (in
which two characters, Athena and Euripides (sp?), develop a security
system in the course of a dialog) also asserts that Kerberos is the
Greek spelling of the name. I seem to recall that Euripides brings up
the spelling Cerberus (or Cerebus?), and Athena replies something like
"Shame on you, Rip! It's a Greek dog and a Greek name, and we'll use
the Greek spelling! Kerberos it is" (I'm sure this is no an exact
quote).
Incidentally, I highly recommend Bryant's tutorial for those who wish
to understand the motivations behind the Kerberos protocol. It is a
well-written document for beginners.
Barry
