Quoting Didier Kryn (kryn@???):

> I heard that YP aka NIS was a horrible security threat. NFS is
> certainly not very secure either. But nobody considers establishing
> the NFS connection across the world-wide Internet; it is always on a
> LAN and, given this, I don't see how it can be insecure.

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Ah, the 'nougat' model of security; hard on the exterior only, soft and
easily digestible once you get inside. Bon appetit!