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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: NFS security (was Re: Complex security mechanism is unsecure)
Message-ID: <1990Dec21.180202.28035@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 21 Dec 90 18:02:02 GMT
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hutch@fps.com (Jim Hutchison) writes:
>This issue has been addressed by the folks over at MIT where everyone can
>(atleast did) log into lab workstations as root.  For a discussion of
>Kerberos and how it works with NFS, please go to comp.protocols.kerberos.
>Kerberos may or may not be LAN specific, but it is one solution to passing
>User Identification over the network.

unfortunately kerberos et al are restricted to the US (grmbl). everybody
outside the US is still in deep sh*t until those McCarthy types finally
bite the dust.
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