[CentOS] NIS or not?

Tue Jan 28 13:54:30 UTC 2014
Sorin Srbu <Sorin.Srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Kaplan, Andrew H.
> Sent: den 28 januari 2014 14:31
> To: 'CentOS mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?
>
> We have been using NIS for over a decade on our network, and it has been
> an effective solution.
> The network spans several subnets, and we have been able to deploy slave
> NIS servers on the various
> subnets. The reason for this is several fold:
>
> Quicker response for login and other domain requests
> Network policy requires slave servers to be on subnets to reduce network
> traffic.
>
> While the security is not as strong as it is for the LDAP solution, as long 
> as you
> are employing
> NIS on an internal network, you should be all set.

So you don't have any problem running clear-text passwords as mentioned in a 
previous post?

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//Sorin