From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Mar 9 14:18:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F17F314EC4; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:18:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA83706; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:18:00 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA03200; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:17:31 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199903092217.WAA03200@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Peter da Silva Cc: brian@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/8388 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:36:21 CST." <9903092136.AA29365@baileynm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:17:31 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > The suggested fix is commented as a ``disgusting hack'', and > > IMHO is. If people misconfigure their client, they get what they > > deserve I'm afraid. > > Don't forget the golden rule: be conservative with what you send and > liberal with what you accept. > > In a Microsoft Monopoly World having FreeBSD boxes happily accept > broken Windows login names helps make FreeBSD look good. Maybe, but I'd tend to err on the side of caution where authentication is involved. If they don't get it exactly right, they lose - otherwise everyone has to start imagining ``risky scenarios''. I agree with the above golden rule in other cases though. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message