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Status Submitted
Workspace Db2
Components Db2 on-premise
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 25, 2025

Kerberos authentication - ODBC driver - allow krb5.ini integration similar to JDBC driver for untrusted domains

Currently, JDBC driver allows an untrusted domain to connect to a target domain but providing configuration in a krb5.ini/krb5.conf file as to what the accessible kdc server is and the domain associated to that server.  With an ODBC driver, there is now way of providing this information without a domain trust being created at the windows AD level, of which is requirement that may not be allowed due to specific security reasons (DB2 hosted in a cloud environment managed by an entity other than the company trying to connect - ie a vendor connecting via VPN).  Adding the ability to bypass the domain trust requirement like you can in JDBC though a configuration file like the krb5.ini file would prove useful in secured environments  

Needed By Yesterday (Let's go already!)