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random_key(), ksrvutil, and /etc/krb-srvtab

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dieter Dworkin Muller)
Fri Feb 23 09:41:14 1996

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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 07:27:54 -0700
From: Dieter Dworkin Muller <dworkin@village.org>


Since random_key() is purely time-based, ksrvutil used to use it, and
ksrvutil is used to change the key on clients (stored in
/etc/krb-srvtab), is it not also necessary to run "ksrvutil change" on
each system that supports incoming Kerberized connections (rlogin,
etc)?  You know the time it was run from the last-write timestamp on
the file....

I'd love to hear that it's not, but I haven't been able to convince
myself of it.

	Dworkin
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