Stuart Jansen wrote: > Longer answer: No. Slap anyone that suggests NIS. Pity anyone that > suggests NIS+.
NIS sent passwords unencrypted. NIS+ seems to indicate encryption. "NIS+ additionally supports secure and encrypted RPC, which helps greatly to solve the security problems of NIS."[1] Curious, why is NIS+ a poor choice? [1]http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_network/x-087-2-nis.nisplus.html /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
