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1 PerryLorier 1 [Acronym] for __N__etwork __I__nformation __S__ervices
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3 An old way of distributing information around the network, such as password files. Is considered old, crufty and insecure by todays standards, and as such most people now use [LDAP] instead.
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5 See [Hesiod].