On 15 Aug 99, at 15:33, Kris Kennaway wrote: > /etc/tpasswd is a way of storing the SRP information separately for > systems which cannot handle it being in /etc/passwd directly. At least > with my replacement libcrypt this isn't an issue as far as I know.
Even better. > Ideally, things like SRP, SRA, CHAP, PAP, etc, > should be available as plugins to client/server apps, so we don't have to > make separate patches to telnet/telnetd, ftp/ftpd, etc, for all of the > authentication protocols-of-the-day. I thought that the purpose of PAM was to do just that, at least for the server side (telnetd, ftpd, etc). Am I mistaken? > I think I've heard rumours of agreements by some of the superpowers > (Microsoft, etc) to standardize on SRP. Oh hell, now it's ruined. :) > This presumably means a common protocol. Until someone pulls "embrace and extend" on us... > I should look into this more - anyone have any real information? It's news to me. The only time I've seen SRP and Microsoft in the same sentence, it's meant "Suggested Retail Price". On the other hand, a quick search for "Microsoft and SRP" led me to discover that Kermit95 supports SRP authentication. It's a start, at least. Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Walton Webmaster, Postmaster Nordic Entertainment Worldwide [email protected] http://www.nordicdms.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
