Subject: RE: A "DHX: it doesn't work!" checklist
From: Marc Miller (itlm019@mailbox.ucdavis.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2000 - 21:54:01 EDT
I can only speak about the modifications I made. 1.5 introduces a new
option in afpd.conf (admingrp) which allows a group of users to have
superuser access to the AppleShare volume. It is highly recommended that
admingrp users be using DHX or some other encryption method to protect the
authentication of admingrp accounts.
In short:
DHX is much more important than it used to be.
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Steve Freitas wrote:
> >Sorry, but can someone give me an idea with DHX? What is it? What's big
> >difference between 1.5 (when it releases) and 1.4?
>
> DHX is a password exchange method which permits encryption of the
> password as it's transmitted from the client to the server, and which
> permits the password to be authenticated on the server against the user's
> unix password. That means no setting up .passwd files, no storing the
> user's password in plaintext on the server, which permits higher security
> and lower maintenance.
>
> 1.5 wraps up a whole bunch of bugfixes, integrates some stuff, makes some
> other stuff more flexible, etc. I'll leave it to someone else to give you
> a comprehensive list. :-)
>
> Steve
>
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