Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 12:58:40 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security and NIS - alternatives? Message-ID: <199911031758.AA215051921@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Nov 1999 18:41:13 %2B1030." <199911030811.SAA29824@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
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>This is not meant to be a complaint, I simply wish to ask if there is a >more secure alternative? I'd like one where passwords were not sent over >the network except via something like SSL or an ssh tunnel. NIS doesn't send plain text passwords over the net. It only sends the encrypted form over the net. The plain text is encrypted on the client and compared against the encrypted form. If you want something better than that, have a look at kerberos. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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