Re: /etc/hosts.equiv

Posted in 1997

Richard Spitz — Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:04:31 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Mike Segel wrote: > Both the use of .rhosts and hosts.equiv are > security holes. > [...] > Informix's Client/Server solutions suck! Hear! Hear! > DO NOT USE .rhosts! > > If you want, I could post some notes from some texts on > why not to use .rhosts. Although I have no choice at the moment than to use .rhosts (for reasons already discussed), I'd like to see these notes. Regards, Richard -- +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3413 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+