Subject: Re: pullup security/pam-ldap update to 2005Q2?
To: None <ghen@telenet.be>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/08/2005 12:17:55
On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> Ok then. I was just looking into LDAP authentication and I noticed that
> the version in 2005Q2 is vulnerable. But anyway, I think I can better go
> with Kerberos, right?
Not sure.
I've started reading Brian Tung's Kerberos book to get an idea what it is
about, and I'm not sure it is a replacement for usermanagement. A nice
addition, but no substitution for something like LDAP. At least that's
what I understand so far - the LDAP book's still untouched on my desk.
- Hubert