Changing passwords to avoid Heartbleed bug

In response to my April 15 email about the Heartbleed bug, I have received some feedback. Although I noted that the threat is not as bad as first thought, I advised changing your password/passphrase as a precaution. Some of you have asked, “How do I change my Kerberos password?”

To change your Kerberos password, go to http://accounts.ucdavis.edu and click on “Change your passphrase.”

You should also consider changing passwords for other websites you log in to, after they pass the vulnerability test. The following are tools to check a website for Heartbleed vulnerability:

• http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/
• http://tif.mcafee.com/heartbleedtest

Thank you for your feedback

David Underwood
IT specialist

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