Earthquake at MIT

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/09/24/a_20_year_old_techn
ology_may_soon_protect_cellphones/

A 20-year-old technology may soon protect cellphones


MIT group sees mobile-Net uses

 The Kerberos computer security technology has its roots at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Kerberos Consortium begins
Thursday at MIT's Stata Center, above. Its goal is to extend Kerberos's
reach.
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The Kerberos computer security technology has its roots at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. The Kerberos Consortium begins Thursday at MIT's
Stata Center, above. Its goal is to extend Kerberos's reach. (MARK
WILSON/GLOBE STAFF/FILE 2007) 

By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff  |  September 24, 2007

Kerberos, a 20-year-old computer security technology with MIT roots, is
about to be turbocharged for the mobile Internet era.

Officials at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where the Kerberos
network authentication protocol was born in the 1980s, are set to launch the
MIT Kerberos Consortium Thursday morning at the institute's Stata Center.

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