Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 09:52:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Ladavac Marino <mladavac@metropolitan.at> Cc: "'Dan Seguin'" <dseg@texar.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Connect and so on.. Message-ID: <199907061652.JAA00454@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Jul 1999 12:56:56 %2B0200." <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C11002761796D2@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at>
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> > > processes/kernel supported threads may proceed. Sounds like > > > RAGF(spelling?) scheme you're doing there. > > What you describe above is correctly expresses what I was trying to > > say. > > > > Could you point me to more about this (RAGF) scheme? > [ML] I don't know if I have spelled it out correctly, but this > is the authentication scheme used on mainframes (IBM at least) where all > syscalls are routed through the authentication subsystem before > proceeding. However, the subsystem seems to reside in kernel, and is > (possibly precompiled) table driven so that it does not cause gross > inefficiency. RACF IIRC, often pronounced "Rack Off". -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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