On Tuesday 20 January 2004 11:51, Conor_D_Wynne at Dell.com wrote:
> I dont think NIS is very secure, init?
No, NIS is not as secure as a very secure thing, but I wasn't advocating using
it in on the internet. Stephane's hosts are all behind firewalls. If a black
hat is in a situation where he can snoop NIS traffic, they have other
problems.
--
Niall
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