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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!stallion.jsums.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news3.net99.net!news.cais.net!news.cais.com!news!khera From: khera@kciLink.com (Vivek Khera) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Why Kerberos, DES? Date: 08 Nov 1995 18:25:51 GMT Organization: Khera Communications, Inc., Rockville, MD Lines: 21 Message-ID: <KHERA.95Nov8132551@kci.kciLink.com> References: <47lndp$p0q@mark.ucdavis.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kci.kcilink.com To: fzshenau@boris.ucdavis.edu (Gregory Shenaut) In-reply-to: fzshenau@boris.ucdavis.edu's message of 6 Nov 1995 19:24:41 GMT >>>>> "GS" == Gregory Shenaut <fzshenau@boris.ucdavis.edu> writes: GS> Why should someone install the Kerberos and DES floppy? GS> How would my life be different/better if I did? What commands GS> would change? Is there a bible/cookbook reference for GS> administering it? The DES part of the floppy provides the bdes command which is useful for encrypting/decrypting files using a software implementation of DES. The kerberos stuff is useful for authenticating users across the network in a more secure fashion than the traditional r-commands (rsh, rcp, etc) do. If you're a security nut, install it. No need to install either one unless you miss/need the functionality. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-301-258-8292 PGP/RIPEM/MIME spoken here http://www.kciLink.com/home/khera/