Murder Authentication Methods

[anthony mayes]

We would like to implement a murder including 2 frontends and 3+ 
backends in a switched (or vpn) environment.  After reading the 
cyrus-info archives and the documents included in the Cyrus source, we 
are unclear about the authentication process between the front and the 
back ends.  We would like to avoid using Kerberos if at all possible 
being as we do not have an existing Kerberos installation.  What 
authentication methods would be best suited for this environment?

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Anthony Mayes
UNIX Server Administration
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
anmayes at siue.edu