SAP Fiori · Authentication & Single Sign-On

Kerberos is sold as keeping passwords off the network. Concretely, what mechanism achieves that, and what is exchanged instead?

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You've set up the ABAP front-end server to issue SAP logon tickets but HANA-served apps still reject SSO. What configuration step on the acceptor side was missed?

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