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Re: Changing master key on database

daemon@TELECOM.MIT.EDU (Steve Miller)
Wed Jan 4 12:15:48 1989

From: miller%erlang.DEC@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Steve Miller)
To: kerberos@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, MILLER%erlang.DEC@DECWRL.DEC.COM

I believe that the principals' key version numbers shouldn't change. However,
if the master key was compromised, exposing the principals' keys, there may
need to be a means to invalidate all the existing principals' keys and
restarting the world. This is indeed a catastrophe.

Steve.

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