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Subject: Re: Plain-text passwords
From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . mindspring . com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 13:30:37 -0500 (EST)
To: Craig Brozefsky <cosmo @ ebs . net>
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine . LNX . 3 . 91 . 961108110641 . 27960C-100000 @ gilligan . ebs . net>

On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Craig Brozefsky wrote:

> deslogin is pretty good to, and unlike S/Key or SSH, I know of noone who 
> has found methods to attack it succesfully.

Cool; I'll look into it.

> Make sure you are using Kerb5 at least, although reportedly there are 
> exploits for Kerb5.  Kerb4 should be considered broken IMO.

Definitely.  If you use kerberos, be sure to get the latest beta of 
version 5 from MIT.  Most vendors' stock versions are still v4 (groan), 
not that we'd run vendor versions of important software anyway.  (Anyone 
out there running stock sendmail on a solaris box?  8^)

> What context would you be using it in?

What context would you be asking that question in?  8^)

Same as ssh; secure access to server and other machines, with all the 
bells and whistles that kerberos gives you.

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