[lug] Re: [co-sage] Unix / NT Authentication?

Kyle Moore kmoore at trustamerica.com
Tue Oct 17 08:37:52 MDT 2000


I read the whole email but it was the "outgrowing their hiring" part
that made my ears perk up...LOL

I think a commercial LDAP solution sounds like a possible solution here.
Although I can't say that I have tried doing all of what you are doing,
I have found LDAP to be good for authentication. The issue I have with
it is the possible security holes. I just don't think it has been used
enough in the enterprise to have been refined.

Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> - Kerberos looks like an administrative nightmare for a small staff who's
> server farm is outgrowing their hiring, but maybe useful.  


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Kyle Moore
UNIX Systems Administrator




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