Stephen John Smoogen <[email protected]> writes:

> Mainly because it is the authentication service equivalent of
> telnet**. Very simple to set up, very simple to use, and very easy to
> steal all the information about logins, users, and setups. [...]

... well, compared to what?  LDAP commonly distributes crypttext
passwords and databases with about the same amount of discernment and
theft-enablement as ypserv.  Plaintext as in telnet makes an appearance
nowhere but with yppasswd, AFAIK, which is nonessential.

- FChE
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