[expert] Questions about encryption / security

[Jim C]

I've finally got a authentication system up and running to the point that it probably is a good idea to protect it. Namely a Samba PDC with an LDAP backend that will also authenticate Linux. :-)

So anyway, I had some questions. First, do communications between daemons running on the same box need encryption? Second, does anyone know how to get ssh to play nice with ldap? Aside from encryption and running a firewall, what else is a good idea that wont give me too much of a headache? :-)

Thanks,

Jim C.

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