Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:41:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Evan Sarmiento <evms@cs.bu.edu> To: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Active Directory Message-ID: <15295.34963.480878.91865@csa.bu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110071131220.9190-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> References: <200110062149.f96LnFj26783@csa.bu.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110071131220.9190-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org>
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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
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