Significant weaknesses in the common configuration of Kerberos-based authentication servers could allow attackers to more easily circumvent security measures in networks that rely on the open authentication standard, according to research at Black Hat. Read the full article at the Black Hat Symposium, Black Hat, on Thursday, at 10 p.m. ET.com/blackHat. The Symposium took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, California, at the end of the year, October 28, and October 31, in the U.S.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ability-downgrade-encryption-weakens-kerberos-080910/74311/