Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:42:31 -0400 From: Damien Tougas <damien@carroll.com> To: Drew Sanford <drew@planetwe.com>, cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passwords && loadbalancing && multiple machines (oh my) Message-ID: <20000912094231.C29216@carroll.com> In-Reply-To: <39BD16E9.E5D40A67@planetwe.com>; from drew@planetwe.com on Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 12:31:21PM -0500 References: <39BD16E9.E5D40A67@planetwe.com> <20000911233934.K69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <39BD16E9.E5D40A67@planetwe.com>
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>Kerberos is not easy to configure and requires more resources. if you >are sharing between three machines, setting up a fourth to be the >server might not be worth it. I have used Kerberized environments, but >never built one from scratch. The plus: very strong security. But >whereas NIS is very weak, Kerberos can be overkill. The other problem with Kerberos is that it is used for authentication only, you still need /etc/passwd and /etc/group on every machine for authorization. -- Damien Tougas Systems Administrator Carroll-Net, Inc. http://www.carroll.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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