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Case 207101: Re: M66-008-3.MIT.EDU allows insecure connections
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Angie Kelic)
Mon Apr 2 17:06:48 2001
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Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:14:03 -0400
To: The MIT Network Security Team <net-security@MIT.EDU>
From: Joseph Welch <joewelch@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: M66-008-3.MIT.EDU allows insecure connections
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Hi,
I am no longer the contact person for this machine. Please speak to
Athena hardware hotline.
Thanks,
Joe
>Your machine (or a machine for which you are the listed
>contact) M66-008-3.MIT.EDU (18.63.2.26)
>appears to have been set up to accept remote unencrypted
>connections. Unencrypted connections put your machine
>and all of its user accounts at risk of compromise by
>intruders.
>
>Please ensure that the information that we have on file
>for this machine is correct by examining the entry
>at: https://nic.mit.edu/bin/hostupdate
>
>If you are not the correct contact for this machine,
>please let us know by sending mail to net-security@mit.edu,
>leaving the above subject line intact, and updating the
>information at: https://nic.mit.edu/bin/hostupdate
>
>Earlier versions of Athena defaulted to allowing unencrypted
>connections. Recent changes have made encrypted connections the
>default. Machines that were upgraded from older versions of
>Athena kept their old configurations, so that people depending
>on unencrypted access didn't find their machines suddenly
>requiring encryption when they updated to the new version
>of Athena.
>
>To accept the new default settings for encrypted access:
>1. Become root on your machine
>2. Run "mkserv remote" and answer the questions that follow.
> Specifically, you must answer yes to the following question:
>
>Do you wish to require encrypted passwords on remote connections?
>
>Note: mkserv takes a long time to run on some platforms such as the
> SGIs. Please do not control-C the process, just allow it to
> finish. It may take up to 5 to 10 minutes to finish and
> exit.
>
>3. Reboot the machine.
>4. Reply to this message, leaving the above subject line intact,
> and let us know what action you have taken.
>
>If you would like to give users secure access to your machine
>via Mindterm (a java SSH client), you can download and install the
>preconfigured application from http://web.mit.edu/net-security/www/dist
>
>If you believe that your work requires unencrypted access to your
>machine, or you have further questions, please reply to this
>message leaving the above subject line intact.
>
>Thank you,
>
>The Network Security Team, MIT Information Systems
><net-security@mit.edu>
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Joseph M Welch
Sr. Technical Assistant
Student Services Information Technology
voice: (617) 253-9817
email: joewelch@mit.edu
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