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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>John,<BR>
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You will see certificates for other individuals in the keychain if you’ve received e-mails on that computer from people who digitally sign their e-mails. It does not grant them any access to your computer, it simply remembers that those digital signatures are valid for future e-mails.<BR>
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Jess<BR>
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On 2/19/10 1:41 PM, "John Canfield" <<a href="canfield@MIT.EDU">canfield@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Here's a weird one I've haven't seen before:<BR>
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On both an iMac and a MacBook Pro, Keychain Access is showing several certificates for other people who have never and would never access these computers. They are names that I recognize, but know for certain these people have never had anything to do with the machines. Most, I've never had any contact with whatsoever.<BR>
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In addition, one machine has a keychain with the unsettling name "Microsoft_Intermediate_Access". It unlocks with a blank password, but shows no entries.<BR>
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Both machines are running 10.6.2.<BR>
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Is anyone else seeing this or know how it could possibly happen?<BR>
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Elmer - John<BR>
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