Unix- TCP/IP Security (8)
trusted host or trusted user
- /etc/netgroup - on systems running NIS
- groupname (host,user,domain) (host, user,domain)
- /etc/hosts.equiv
- server side trusted hosts and users
- host trust all users from a host
- host user trust this user from this host
- +@group trust hosts in this group
- + all known hosts are trusted (very bad !)
- $HOME/.rhosts
- user specified trusted hosts and users that may login as “user” without a password; overrides entries in /etc/hosts.equiv