[1287] in Kerberos
Re: srvtab on client machines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (don@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Mar 5 21:22:44 1991
From: don@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: smb@ulysses.att.com, galina@ibm.com
Cc: kerberos@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 04 Mar 91 20:55:15 -0500.
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 91 18:45:38 EST
concerning workstation services, steve said:
"There are, I believe, some private workstations at MIT. These may, if
the owners wish, have network services. ... But if you want the
privileges of a host, you have to accept the responsibilities: secure
administration of /etc/srvtab files."
please note that kerberos version 5 will allow client workstations to provide
authenticated services ( like X service, rlogind, etc.) without need for clients'
srvtabs. indeed, the mechanism will support such services on athena's own public
workstations.
p.s.: athena has 487 private workstations (~35% of total), as of today's count.
-don davis, mit project athena staff
