[Macpartners] Certificates for Random People Appearing in Keychain Access

[Jonathan Reed]

The mostly likely cause of this is that someone sent you e-mail which they signed with their MIT certificate.  Apple Mail automatically adds such certificates to the Keychain, it's possible that other e-mail clients do that too.

-Jon

On Feb 19, 2010, at 1:41 PM, John Canfield wrote:

> Here's a weird one I've haven't seen before:
> 
> 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.
> 
> In addition, one machine has a keychain with the unsettling name "Microsoft_Intermediate_Access". It unlocks with a blank password, but shows no entries.
> 
> Both machines are running 10.6.2.
> 
> Is anyone else seeing this or know how it could possibly happen?
> 
> 
> Elmer - John
> 
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Jonathan Reed
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