Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:25:14 +1100 From: "Hugh Blandford" <hugh@island.net.au> To: <cjclark@home.com>, "Mike" <mikey@kappaisle.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Password distribution and authentication Message-ID: <00f501bf8cac$832b9bc0$088ea8c0@island.net.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003121349570.8203-100000@greencreek.kappaisle.com> <20000312141128.A28974@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Hi All, when ever these discussions come up, invariably someone suggests the use of kerberos. Have any ISPs implemented this solution across their servers? Have you used NIS to keep the passwords in sync? I would be most interested to hear what people have done in this area. Thanks, Hugh Blandford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: "Mike" <mikey@kappaisle.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:11 AM Subject: Re: Password distribution and authentication > On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 02:02:36PM -0500, Mike wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > > > Besides using NIS (which is rather an insecure way) for password/group > > file distribution around the servers on the network, is there any other > > way to accomplish a centralized or distributed password authentication > > task? > > > > Looking forward in hearing your replies! > > Kerberos. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > > 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
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