SYSKEY2. Request For Comments

[Cole, Timothy D.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton [SMTP:lkcl at samba.org]
> Sent:	Friday, February 04, 2000 15:40
> To:	Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject:	Re: SYSKEY2.  Request For Comments
> 
> phil, this isn't about root being trusted or untrusted.  it's about making
> sure that only root can decode a password stored in a location in a
> publicly accessible file.
> 
	From a mathematical standpoint, you can't guarantee that.  The real
solution is not to put the password in a publicly accessible file.