Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:45:37 -0400 From: Zach Hartley <zhartley@linus.highpoint.edu> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Active Directory Message-ID: <20011006184537.B32618@linus.highpoint.edu> In-Reply-To: <15295.34963.480878.91865@csa.bu.edu>; from evms@cs.bu.edu on Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 06:41:23PM -0400 References: <200110062149.f96LnFj26783@csa.bu.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110071131220.9190-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> <15295.34963.480878.91865@csa.bu.edu>
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Well, frankly, your coordinator or whatever he calls himself, sounds like a d**k, so just use the network anyway, considering his attitude, I doubt he'd be smart enough to notice you doing that anyway.... Zach Around Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 06:41:23PM -0400, Evan Sarmiento said something to the effect of: > He's unconcerned with Kerberos authentication. He will allow > laptops with Windows* to connect to the network, even > if they do not authenticate with kerberos. > > He has given me no particulars, just that it "is a possibility, > and I do not want to risk it." > > Thanks, > Evan > > Juha Saarinen writes: > > On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Evan Sarmiento wrote: > > > > > How would I go about convincing this enthusiast that FreeBSD > > > will not somehow interfere with Active Directory? > > > > Considering how Microsoft is promoting AD as Open Standards-compliant, > > it's hard to see how FreeBSD would "interfere" with AD. The only thing I > > can think of would be the authentication... Microsoft's Kerberos > > implentation isn't quite standard, I gather. Has he given you any > > particulars as to how FreeBSD would molest AD? > > > > Otherwise, AD uses DNS, LDAP (w/ and w/o SSL), x.509, etc. > > > > Try selling it as "implementing AD in a heterogenous client environment is > > good for your career" perhaps? ;-) > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Juha > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Zachary Todd Hartley "Attempted murder. Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?" --Sideshow Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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