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Date:      Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:43:39 +0300
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        mark@grondar.za, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: For all who miss it, PAM changes explanation reposted
Message-ID:  <20020119174339.GG11604@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20020119173633.GD11604@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <200201190901.g0J91H641020@freefall.freebsd.org> <xzp1ygm9vc8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020119170316.GA11315@nagual.pp.ru> <xzpit9y8dcg.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020119172829.GB11604@nagual.pp.ru> <xzpadva8cy2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020119173633.GD11604@nagual.pp.ru>

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On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 20:36:34 +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> 
> Old behaviour is incorrect because provides UNCONDITIONAL fallback 
> from pam_opie failure to pam_unix, next in the chain. This fallback must 
> be CONDITIONAL according to OPIE way of things. Conditions include remote 
> host checking and user home directory checking.

Note about producing fake prompts:

We *ALL* agree that old OPIE scheme with fake promts, in the way it was
implemented, is not improves security. Everybody can detect it trying two 
times.

So, it should be revmoved first (the thing I do) and maybe replaced with 
more advanced variant next (someone else).

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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