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Re: NIS/NFS alternatives?



According to Alvin Oga:
> for more secure rpc... secure portmapper etc.. ( bottom of link )
> 	http://www.linux-sec.net/Harden/services.gwif.html

That's a portmapper with tcpd/libwrap support. In other words,
the portmapper that Debian uses already. It doesn't have anything
to do with "secure RPC" as that is something completely different.

> for allowng users to log into any pc and get work done..
> 	- requires a home server that is gonna stay up most of the time
> 	-
> 	- you'd need to either pass the passwd/shadow files around
> 	( my preference to pass files around ) or use nis ( not mypreference )

Yes, aka NFS and NIS.

> if you are worried about security.... 
> 	- disable dhcp and use all ip# defined by the "mask"

That doesn't make much sense.

Mike.
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