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Urgent Patch Needed Due to MIT Kerberos 5 Critical System Access Threat

Calendar Sep 01, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has warned of security vulnerabilities in its implementation of Kerberos that could allow attackers free access to protected systems. Users of MIT Kerberos 5 are urged to apply patches immediately. . . . The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has warned of security vulnerabilities in its implementation of Kerberos that could allow attackers free access to protected systems. Users of MIT Kerberos 5 are urged to apply patches immediately.

Kerberos was invented by MIT and is used by many large businesses as a way of keeping their networks secure. It uses strong encryption to verify the identity of any machine using a networked resource.

The link for this article located at Matthew Broersma, Techworld is no longer available.