KDC

KDC

Key Distribution Center. The part of a cryptography system responsible for issuing and managing shared and private keys used to authenticate network sessions and access devices or applications.

For more information see:

• http://everything.explained.at/Key_distribution_center/ - Key distribution center explained.
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378170%28VS.85%29.aspx - Key Distribution Center in Windows.