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Obsolete

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 15, 2006 01:49 AM
Given that NIS is totally insecure, and that NIS+ is such a PITA that nobody uses it, and that LDAP does everything NIS does and then some, is there any point to this article? Why would ANYONE setting up a modern network even remotely consider NIS?

Just curious...

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