On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 13:45 -0600, Kenneth Burgener wrote: > "The disadvantages are that NIS doesn't encrypt the username and > password information sent to the clients with each login and that all > users have access to the encrypted passwords stored on the NIS server."[1] > > Has this been improved since?
Short answer: LDAP.
Longer answer: No. Slap anyone that suggests NIS. Pity anyone that
suggests NIS+.
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