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<h1>Network Identity Manager Concepts: Credentials Provider</h1>
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Network Identity Manager relies on plug-ins to provide the majority
of its functionality. A <b>credentials provider</b> is a plug-in
that manages one or more types of credentials. The responsibilities
of a credential provider are:
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<li>to maintain the list of credentials and their properties for the supported type</li>
<li>to monitor credential expiration</li>
<li>to provide the logic necessary to obtain additional credentials once the
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initial credential</li>
<li>to provide the user interface panels necessary to permit the user to
configure the credential provider</li>
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<p>MIT Kerberos for Windows ships with two Network Identity Manager credential
providers supporting Kerberos v5 and Kerberos v4. Credential providers for
the Andrew File System and the Kerberized Certificate Authority are available
separately.</p>
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