title: What are the perceived/actual advantages of Kerberos? Are there any viable alternatives to the technology?
body: <p>We are planning on utilising kerberos in our architecture.  I would like to know what perceived or actual advantages this technology has, and if there are any alternatives.</p>
  
  <p>Note that we have a .net client side and java server side.  communication will be via messaging bus and SOA</p>