Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:34:55 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Cc: questions list FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: NIS and Kerberos interaction Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960326085908.19393E-100000@itsdsv1.enc.edu>
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I expect to begin playing with Kerberos soon and have some questions
regarding how it relates to NIS. I'm currently using NIS to distribute
password info between FreeBSD servers.
o What of NIS's functions can be handled by Kerberos? What can't?
o Related to the above, if program X is used to using the system password
database (which may or may not be NIS-based), how does Kerberos change
the picture? With Kerberos present, will program X automagically
access the Kerberos system, or is this functionality best
achieved with some sort of NIS/Kerberos coexistance? (I've found
a vague reference that hinted that this is what is necessary.)
o In answering these issues, what things must I think about if I'm concerned
with the prospect of scaling this system to 1000 users and beyond.
(I'm quite serious about this!)
o Are there and good, comprehensive books about Kerberos? I've found
some papers, but they are mostly conceptual and don't get into
the actual implementation details.
Thanks,
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