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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