[1478] in bugtraq
Re: Replacement for NIS? (was Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale Babiy)
Sat Apr 15 00:09:50 1995
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 18:06:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dale Babiy <babiyd@YKnet.YK.CA>
To: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <199504122303.TAA12299@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
On Wed, 12 Apr 1995, der Mouse wrote:
> > Is there a "better" NIS [...]
>
> I'd be interested in hearing about any such. I'm almost ready to try
> my hand at writing one myself, but so far the perceived need has not
> yet been sufficient to make me allocate the time.
We're running NeXTStep here, do you, or anyone else for that matter, know
of any security holes concerning the NetInfo NIS(type) system that deals
with our local information sharing?
So far we've been lucky, I'd like to stop being lucky and start being
resonably intelligent.
DMB
