Strange user account

Hi,
Do you know what purpose the following account is for?
Or is it one very strange account created by anyone else?
Many Thanks & Best Regards, Hua Min

Hello,
if you create a domain with dcpromo on a server OS this account is created. It is for Kerberos authentication required.
Also it is correct that this account is disabled as it cannot be used to logon with. Renaming will also fail.
Authentication is achieved by using tickets that are enciphered with a symmetric key that is derived from the password of the server or service to which access is requested. To request such a session ticket, a special ticket called the Ticket Granting Ticket
(TGT) must be presented to the Kerberos service itself. The TGT is enciphered with a key that is derived from the password of the KRBTGT account, which is known only by the Kerberos service.
So what you see is correct.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
MVP, MCP, MCTS
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
My Blog: http://blogs.msmvps.com/MWeber
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