* Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-08 05:25]:
> The Stanford SRP Authentication Project
>
> The Secure Remote Password protocol is the core technology behind the
> Stanford SRP Authentication Project. The Project is an Open Source
> initiative that integrates secure password authentication into new and
> existing networked applications.
>
> more info at:
>
> http://srp.stanford.edu/
>
> They claim to wrap telnet and FTP and provide authentication.
>
> Personally I see no reason to drop ssh and scp, though I thought I
> should share the URL.
>
It also has an unacceptable license. - requires the
software to spew out acknowledgements - this is not a BSD style
license even if it starts off looking like one.
/*
* Copyright (c) 1997-2001 The Stanford SRP Authentication Project
* All Rights Reserved.
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
* the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
* WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* IN NO EVENT SHALL STANFORD BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
* INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
* RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF
* THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT
* OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
*
* In addition, the following conditions apply:
*
* 1. Any software that incorporates the SRP authentication technology
* is requested to display the following acknowlegment:
* "This product uses the 'Secure Remote Password' cryptographic
* authentication system developed by Tom Wu ([EMAIL PROTECTED])."
*
* 2. Any software that incorporates all or part of the SRP distribution
* itself must display the following acknowledgment:
* "This product includes software developed by Tom Wu and Eugene
* Jhong for the SRP Distribution (http://srp.stanford.edu/)."
*
* 3. Redistributions in source or binary form must retain an intact copy
* of this copyright notice and list of conditions.
*/
