From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 21:19:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD33A106566B for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:19:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from smtp.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0DDC8FC0A for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:19:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [84.49.246.2]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F241FFC35; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:19:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AD3DB8456D; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:19:11 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: d@delphij.net References: <86boukbk8s.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4E738794.4050908@delphij.net> <86zki1afto.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4E78EA46.2080806@delphij.net> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:19:11 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4E78EA46.2080806@delphij.net> (Xin LI's message of "Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:32:22 -0700") Message-ID: <86ty86zzcg.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAM modules X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:19:14 -0000 Xin LI writes: > The main concern I have is that users might want to stay on an older > FreeBSD release, while wanting features of a new OpenLDAP. That's why > I would prefer a libxml style import -- users always have choice to > install a new OpenLDAP without any concern of breaking their system > and we can always deliver security fixes with freebsd-update. Would > that make the trimmed down and renamed OpenLDAP import sound sensible? Yes, you have a point. So you're saying: - client side only (for nss_ldap, pam_ldap etc) - namespace hacks to avoid colliding with the port right? I would definitely support that. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no