SYSKEY2. Request For Comments

[Cole, Timothy D.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	jeremy at valinux.com [SMTP:jeremy at valinux.com]
> Sent:	Friday, February 04, 2000 9:18
> To:	Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject:	Re: SYSKEY2.  Request For Comments
> 
> > i am looking to implement an equivalent mechanism to SYSKEY, however i
> do
> > not have the relevant security skills to say whether a proposal is
> secure
> > or not.
> 
> Why ? SYSKEY is a silly idea !
> 
> Either you trust root, or you don't.
> 
	[ snip ]

> There is no need to complicate all our code with
> this stuff, it doesn't even add any security !
> 
> What does everyone else think ? I don't want you
> to implement it - it's just a *bad* idea.
> 
	I concur.