[98116] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Digest V98 #1404, samba passwords
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Walter B Kulecz, PhD)
Fri Nov 6 16:57:42 1998
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 15:51:05 -0600
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From: "Walter B Kulecz, PhD" <wally@wahine.jsc.nasa.gov>
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>On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 02:45:05PM -0600, Darren Greer wrote:
>> If you are using SP3, you have to modify the NT registry. If you go to
>> Microsoft support pages and search for Samba.....you will find out how.
>
>You're not telling him to disable encrypted password support, are you? (I
>hope not...)
>
Why not? Its a static hash providing only eye wash security. What's on
the wire gets you in, the only inconvience to the hacker is not being able
to type what he sees on the wire directly into the windows network
connection dialog box. Its not like you're disabling SSL-like encryption.
--wally.
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