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For business security compliance, organizations usually require a more secure and centralized authentication infrastructure to fulfill their goals. In a network-attached storage (NAS) environment that uses all types of network storage protocols, Kerberos provides mutual authentication between servers and clients to prevent a man-in-the-middle attack. This document explains basic concepts of Kerberos components and how it works in theory. This document also explores key procedures to set up a Kerberized environment including the Dell OneFS operating system, SMB protocol, and NFS protocol.