Subject: Re: Kerberos, don't laugh.
To: David Bushong <dbushong@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/19/1996 02:46:43
On Sat, 19 Oct 1996 02:49:03 -0700 (PDT)
David Bushong <dbushong@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
> Kerberos? hahahaha.. sorry, had to do that. Why don't you just use ssh
> instead? It does full DES encryption of all communication, and RSA
> encrypted exchange of passwords. The only thing slow about it is inital
> login (something like 20 secs instead of 2 secs to average host) As far
> as I recall (I've been wrong before), the README even mentions
> netbsd/mac68k (as working)
While I personally prefer ssh (I use it .. a lot), sometimes one just
has to bite the bullet and use Kerberos in order to be compatible with
legacy configurations or the political layer :-)
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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