On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:58:15AM -0800, Andrew Tristan wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Nicolas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >With NIS they need only "ypcat passwd" once, which will almost certainly
> >go undetected, and go offline.
> 
> Just as a slightly off-topic aside, you can use a shadow file so that
> the cipher text isn't revealed by ypcat.

All you need is to run the ypcat from a "priviledged" port.

> A
> 
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Nico
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