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Re: Replacement for NIS? (was Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Thompson)
Wed Apr 19 16:21:32 1995

From: Jim Thompson <jim@Tadpole.COM>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 23:42:03 -0500
To: J.S.Peatfield@damtp.cam.ac.uk, mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net, jp107@damtp.cam.ac.uk

> If there are other security hole left please enlighten me.

Ah, there was a really interesting in article in SIGCOMM a few
years ago that showed how to spoof YP (nee, NIS).   From what
I remember, it was a no defense blow.

Just say 'no'.

Jim

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