From: Doug Nordwall Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm Subject: Security on a Beowulf Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:25:45 -0700 Organization: CampusCWIX Message-Id: <36C2F678.63798B6B@cs.nmhu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------95599A0F3734231AAA344F54" Xref: ukc comp.parallel.pvm:8016 --------------95599A0F3734231AAA344F54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lets say, for example, I want to run a beowulf that is not off network, that can be telnetted into (at least one node), and generally acts as a file server and web server, etc. How would you all deal with the possible security issues? I am quite interested in both aspects of this, and have been thinking that with all the .rhosts and host.equiv files floating around, there are some serious security holes. Any way to run PVM through ssh or require usernames and passwords when adding nodes? -- Doug Nordwall "Who's the bigger fool? New Mexico Highlands The fool or the fool who follows him?" Musashi@cs.nmhu.edu -Ben Kenobi --------------95599A0F3734231AAA344F54 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lets say, for example, I want to run a beowulf that is not off network, that can be telnetted into (at least one node), and generally acts as a file server and web server, etc. How would you all deal with the possible security issues? I am quite interested in both aspects of this, and have been thinking that with all the .rhosts and host.equiv files floating around, there are some serious security holes. Any way to run PVM through ssh or require usernames and passwords when adding nodes? 
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Doug Nordwall                   "Who's the bigger fool?
New Mexico Highlands            The fool or the fool who follows him?"
Musashi@cs.nmhu.edu                     -Ben Kenobi
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