Re: [OT] Unix time

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: [OT] Unix time
Date	2022-11-15 11:10 +0000
Organization	A little, after lunch
Message-ID	<tkvs3i$21oth$15@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	(2 earlier) <slrntmr7g6.t9d.BitTwister@wb.home.test> <tklcml$r4ev$10@dont-email.me> <eli$2211111339@qaz.wtf> <tknv90$15aa1$9@dont-email.me> <V4CcnanOxv5Ti-7-nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>

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On 15/11/2022 04:34, 26C.Z968 wrote:
> On 11/12/22 6:15 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 11/11/2022 18:39, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>>> In comp.os.linux.misc, The Natural Philosopher  <tnp@invalid.invalid> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> $ grep nobody /etc/passwd
>>>> nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
>>>>
>>>> IIRC this was the identity used with anonymous ftp logins, in the days
>>>> when trust still existed.
>>>
>>> Nobody is what "root" maps to when using NFS without explicitly trusting
>>> root. If you don't have any NFS packages installed, you might not have
>>> the account.
>>>
>>> First simple page I could find explaining:
>>>      https://wiki.ubuntu.com/nobody
>>>
>>> That has citations to
>>>       https://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2006/ols2006v2-pages-59-72.pdf
>>>
>>> "Why NFS Sucks", see section 9 on security (page 60 as numbered, page 10
>>> as seen in PDF) in particular.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yeah. Whatever. Ive been NFS mounting my remote servers for decades
>>
>> I trust my firewalls, and I am not concerned about men in the middle 
>> reading stuff.
> 
> 
>   Unless you're a big bank or the CIA or maybe a major
>   defense contractor ... no ... nobody is gonna be lurking
>   in "the middle" for hours/days trying to steal your stuff.
>   The greater threat is an insider who is either angry or
>   working as someone's spy - and they'll have full access
>   to unencrypted versions of the target material.
> 
>   NFS is "ok". In these days either SMB or NFS is perfectly
>   acceptable. SMB is easier to get working with Winders
>   however ... so if your shop is a few -ix servers and a
>   lot of Winders clients then SMB is going to be the path
>   of least resistance.

I am a one man shop these days.
100% linux


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