[wpkg-users] security issues

Brian May bam at snoopy.apana.org.au
Fri Jun 8 05:26:56 CEST 2007


>>>>> "Tomasz" == Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> writes:

    Tomasz> 1) was the workstation a domain member on a real server?
    >> What do you mean by "real server"? It is a real Linux Samba
    >> server.

    Tomasz> real as in "not fake".

Arhh. Sorry. Yes, the domain server was real, the server was real, and
the client was real.

    Tomasz> With an Active Directory controller, Kerberos is used to
    Tomasz> set up "trust" between the client and the server.  It is
    Tomasz> so made, that it excludes a possibility of: - a fake
    Tomasz> client - a fake server

Yes, I thought this might be the case. Just as long as Windows doesn't
automatically fall back to workgroup mode if the Active Directory
authentication fails for any reason.
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Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au>



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