I'd like to point out that I have erected an SEP field around both my environment and security at my current place of employment :)
Therefore, all discussion of security is strictly "theoretical" wrt my current "real life" needs. (In other words, I'm interested in the security implications from an educational/theoretical POV only, since I can't really enforce or implement much security here. Besides, I'm behind a firewall! ;) In a message dated: Tue, 21 May 2002 19:21:40 EDT "Derek D. Martin" said: >In a really security-sensitive environment, I wouldn't allow NT >domain authentication at all... [...snip...] >Actually, in a really security-sensitive environment, I wouldn't allow >Microsoft products on my network. Their bug-o-the month software is >too flawed, by their own VP's admission. But that's me... But, according to the pam_smb website (http://www.csn.ul.ie/~airlied/pam_smb/faq/pam_smb_faq-2.htm), pam_smb has the following "feature": * Uses encrypted LANMAN passwords over the network And the development track is working on implementing: * A daemon to support caching and queueing of entries How you could you *not* feel secure with this? ;) -- Seeya, Paul ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
