Hi Mark,

Don't use RSA authentication for automated processes?
If the authentication isn't being sent plaintext, there is no added security in 
using one time passwords for automated processes.


Regards,
Dirk-Jan


On Nov 10, 2009, at 7:14 PM, Mark Meijerink wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I am looking for a way to combine RSA tokens to authenticate to devices and 
> use rancid to make backups of my device
> configuration.
> 
> The RSA tokens use radius as authentication method. The problem is that 
> rancid is an automated process and the rancid
> process is not able to watch on a RSA token and fill in the authentication 
> key. This sounds a bit strange but I don't
> know any other way to describe the problem.
> 
> Is anyone of you using RSA tokens and rancid? If so, please explain how you 
> make this work. Thanks in advance for your
> comments.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> 
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