A satirical series reveals that the Erlang "cookie," used for authentication, isn't encrypted and is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, though TLS is recommended to mitigate this. The article highlights the importance of TLS for securing distributed Erlang systems, noting a recent vulnerability (CVE-2026-48860) that impacts versions 26.0 through 29.0.2. Finally, it explains how the Horde
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