# Strong authentication

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strong-authentication/301355>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strong-authentication/301355 "2022-04-01T16:59:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![dkaflowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@dkaflowitz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkaflowitz)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strong-authentication/301355/1 "2022-04-01T16:59:29Z")

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Does the Native Realm use strong authentication like Kerberos, IPSEC, or Secure Shell (SSH)? Is that documented somewhere?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strong-authentication/301355/2 "2022-04-29T17:00:03Z")

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