Hi Ron,
I think there was quite a bit of discussion about this at the time -
google
for it and you'll find stuff like this -
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,15024,00.html
Basically they used Kerberos because it's the common authentication
mechanisim for other operating systems (*nix etc) and (since it's open
source) it's reasonably secure from both hackidots *and* the NSA - two
groups that you may not want wandering around your disks...
Edmund Cramp
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
> Of Ron Case
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:15 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Wired: "Did MS Pay for Open-Source Scare?"
>
>
>
> List,
>
> I realize that I am coming into this discussion late, but
> I would like to share a bit of information about a Windows
> 2000 security feature that I recently learned in class.
>
> The login process for Windows 2000 is handled by an
> open source program known as Kerberos, you may
> recognize that name as it is also used in most Linux
> distributions.
>
> Maybe someone at Microsoft can help me connect the
> dots, why would you make an open source application
> the gate keeper for your flagship operating system?
>
> Thanks for letting me vent,
> Ron Case
>
>
> > http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html
> >
> > 2:00 a.m. June 5, 2002 PDT
> > Authors of a new report on the perils of open source
> > software are being very closed-mouth about their
> > funding sources.
> >
> > "Opening the Open Source Debate," a white paper slated
> > to be released Friday by the Alexis de Tocqueville
> > Institution, indicates that open-source software is
> > inherently less secure than proprietary software. The
> > report warns governments against relying on
> > open-source software for national security.
> >
> > Open-source advocates wondered if the white paper is
> > actually a veiled Microsoft response to recent reports
> > of rising government and military interest in
> > open-source systems.
> >
> > A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that Microsoft
> > provides funding to the Alexis de Tocqueville
> > Institution.
> >
> > ...
> >
> >
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