From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 06:35:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA08005 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:35:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from itsdsv1.enc.edu (itsdsv1.enc.edu [199.93.252.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA07999 Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:35:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from owensc@localhost) by itsdsv1.enc.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) id JAA20023; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:34:55 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:34:55 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Owens To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org cc: questions list FreeBSD Subject: NIS and Kerberos interaction Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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, --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Owens Email: owensc@enc.edu "I read somewhere to learn is to Information Technology Services remember... and I've learned that Eastern Nazarene College we've all forgot..." - King's X -------------------------------------------------------------------------