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Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:22:25 -0600
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Security and NIS - alternatives?
Message-ID:  <19991103142225.C5503@futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <199911030811.SAA29824@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
References:  <199911030811.SAA29824@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 06:41:13PM +1030, a little birdie told me
that Greg Lewis remarked
> 
> This is not meant to be a complaint, I simply wish to ask if there is a
> more secure alternative?  I'd like one where passwords were not sent over
> the network except via something like SSL or an ssh tunnel.

Use rdist(1) (or some similar program) over a ssh tunnel.



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