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Re: nis & shadow



In article <[🔎] 34ED97F3.C28045C6@bdsinc.com>,
Jens B. Jorgensen <jjorgens@bdsinc.com> wrote:
>Oh, pardon me. That really is safe then. NOT! If I can plug into your ethernet, I can
>have your NIS maps.

This is getting silly. Even if you install $100,000 worth of crypto
devices I can still come in, hold a gun to your head and get a root
prompt. So no system is secure. Why not mail me your root password
right away.

Mike.
-- 
 Miquel van Smoorenburg |  The dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac lay in his bed
    miquels@cistron.nl  |  awake all night wondering if there is a doG


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