Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:51:25 +0200 From: Michael Bushkov <bushman@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does anyone use nscd? Message-ID: <CANkaO_GpgbhoNKyH0VwtHPzyDzV6K9cVm5qqmEV2HnS%2Bo_S=ew@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E8B4D17.4010903@coreitpro.com> References: <86sjn84wco.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4E8B2AA6.90204@coreitpro.com> <CAETOPp2Vbn5NWDjywtdEVuA6Gp2Tb6SfmC=2uTA2qK2vUXHyAQ@mail.gmail.com> <4E8B48D5.3080307@coreitpro.com> <CANkaO_GdH=iK%2BRdxQVgRiy=68JUjGbzVV0LFZpR9JxKDUbjzOw@mail.gmail.com> <4E8B4D17.4010903@coreitpro.com>
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On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Sean M. Collins <sean@coreitpro.com> wrote: > On 10/4/11 2:02 PM, Michael Bushkov wrote: >> Users/groups caching can be pretty much useful when you have large >> LDAP or NIS setup. > > Agreed, and forgive me for hammering you (I freely admit I don't have > any significant contributions to FreeBSD) but it would be far more > useful if it was cached machine-wide instead of per user, yes? > No problem ) Technically, yes, but machine-wide cache leads to a security issue - malicious user can poison the global cache with arbitrary data. Cheers, Michael > I guess I'm just playing devil's advocate - none the less you have my > respect. > > -- > Sean M. Collins > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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