Shnauzer What a gem! The reasoning and mechanics behind building an authentication system (Kerberos) in this case.
Athena: Well I’ve figured out how to secure an open network environment so that unscrupulous folks like you cannot use network services in other people’s names.
Euripides: Is that so? Have a seat.
What better way to learn about systems then by attempting to break (into) them?
Video game history in the making John Carmack on the challenges, tradeoffs and solutions incorporated in Quske Worlds network code
Do you need this to: a) Scale, b) deploy, c) rapidly evolve or d) fail independently? Do you need to use e) non-standard technology? Or should this serve as f) façade? Then a microservice might be tge right pattern, else, maybe a monolith would serve you better. Should that be a microservice? great checklist and insights over @ Pivotal