[20738] in Hotline Meeting
Re: Dial Up Primavera
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhbraun@MIT.EDU)
Fri Jan 21 22:34:45 1994
From: mhbraun@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 22:34:33 -0500
To: larugsi@MIT.EDU
Cc: hotline@MIT.EDU, op@MIT.EDU, network@MIT.EDU, wmbr@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [13968]
>Shawn Mamros (wmbr) has called 1410 with a complaint that he suspects
>suspicious activity on Primavera. He stated that the server would not take his
>passwd, and that it was unknown to Kerberos. He stated that he went over to
>4-167 and was able to login o.k. He then changed his passwd. He also mentioned
>that he does some work in software security, and suspects that passwords are
>possibly being grabbed. However, after his passwd change, he was then able to
>get into Primavera. Please check the integrity of this machine.
Getting the error message 'Kerberos Principal Unknown' and unaccounted for
'Password Incorrect' messages is common on Decstations when the seriel line
settings are not correct, either on the users end or on the MIT modem pool
end. The settings should be 8-N-1. If you verify the settings on your
machine, try hanging up and dialing in again to get a new modem.
This problem does not affect users telneting in from an X machine so
regardless of which password that would have worked.
Thanks for reporting this.
Matt Braun
Athena System Support
