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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:30633 comp.sys.intel:26915 comp.os.misc:3576 comp.unix.bsd:15721 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7879 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8921 comp.unix.misc:15250 comp.os.linux.development:21729 comp.os.linux.misc:32341 comp.os.linux.misc:32342 comp.os.386bsd.development:2898 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4539 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvax1.cse.psu.edu!schwartz From: schwartz@galapagos.cse.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 24 Dec 1994 04:28:17 GMT Organization: Penn State Comp Sci & Eng Lines: 16 Message-ID: <SCHWARTZ.94Dec23232817@galapagos.cse.psu.edu> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3d4ucp$sbn@hearst.cac.psu.edu> <3d52i8$am5@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3d6o4n$k2q@hearst.cac.psu.edu> <3dfeht$90@zeus.achilles.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: galapagos.cse.psu.edu In-reply-to: pjlahaie@achilles.net's message of 23 Dec 1994 16:13:33 -0500 pjlahaie@achilles.net (Paul JY Lahaie) writes: Does it support the UNIX 'ports under 1024' are priviledged? If not, rlogin is a severe security risk. That doesn't follow at all. The privileged port idea is weak at best, and became completely counterproductive the moment the first desktop workstation was turned on. If Microsoft is clever, they'll integrate Kerberos and then loudly advertise the sad-but-true fact that unix usually doesn't use the kind of robust authentication mechanism that life on the the internet demands. Since you mention NFS, check out the latest advisory from CERT on NFS to see the impact of this foolish lack of authentication.