This article discusses the recent turmoil over the Slashdot postings regarding Kerberos, and the modifications that Microsoft has made to the Kerberos security protocol. "On Thursday, lawyers for Andover.Net, the parent company of the Linux enthusiast site Slashdot, posted . . .
This article discusses the recent turmoil over the Slashdot postings regarding Kerberos, and the modifications that Microsoft has made to the Kerberos security protocol. "On Thursday, lawyers for Andover.Net, the parent company of the Linux enthusiast site Slashdot, posted a response to a legal challenge posed by Microsoft Corp. lawyers last week over Kerberos. On the same day, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced it was working with Apple Computer Inc. to ensure availability of Kerberos for the forthcoming Mac OS X operating system. And to top it all off, CERT warned of a Kerberos buffer overflow that could result in severe security problems for certain implementations."

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