From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 4 3:42:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from cliff.i-plus.net (cliff.i-plus.net [209.100.20.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA00114C17 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:42:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from st@i-plus.net) Received: from abyss ([209.100.25.1]) by cliff.i-plus.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA90495 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 06:42:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Troy Settle" To: Subject: RE: One password base for some *NIX boxes Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 06:42:06 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You say NIS+Kerberos? I thought those were 2 independant auth schemes (like how MD5 and DES are mutually exclusive encryption schemes, but can co-exist). Guess I got a lot more reading as to what Kerberos is. I did make a short search for documents and guides at one time, but failed to pull anything up. Can you cough up a URL to a fairly comprehensive guide to setting up and using kerberos? > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matthew N. Dodd > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 1:28 AM > To: Troy Settle > Cc: Rashid N. Achilov; freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: One password base for some *NIX boxes > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Troy Settle wrote: > > The easiest answer, is NIS. But, NIS isn't exactly secure. > > Nobody has suggested Kerberos? > > Sheesh. Talk about making it hard on yourselves. NIS+Kerberos is a very > viable solution. > > -- > | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | > | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | > | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message