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- From: lwk@engin.umich.edu (Lewis W Kellum)
- Subject: Re: OPS$LOGIN : security hole?
- Message-ID: <KsV=-L_@engin.umich.edu>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 11:50:46 EST
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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- Thank you all for your input. The gist seems to be that OPS$ logins should not be used
- in a networked environment (at least where there are untrusted packets). The best thing
- oracle could do would be to develop an interface with kerberos for authentication of
- network users. - Woody Kellum
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