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<h1>Network Identity Manager Concepts: Credential</h1>
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In Network Identity Manager, a <b>credential</b> is any digital object that can
be used by a network authentication protocol to assert a specific
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As of this writing, Network Identity Manager supports four different types of
credentials:</p>
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<li>Kerberos v5 tickets</li>
<li>Kerberos v4 tickets</li>
<li>AFS tokens</li>
<li>X.509 certificates issued by a Kerberized Certificate Authority</li>
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<p>Of these, only Kerberos v5 initial ticket granting tickets can be used as an
identity provider credential.</p>
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