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Obtain the passwd NIS map

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
checks the presence of a RPC service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

This script fetches the remote NIS 'passwd.byname' map, provided that
the NIS domain name could be obtained.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Renaud Deraison

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