Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:31:45 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connect and so on.. Message-ID: <199907062031.NAA68734@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199907061652.JAA00454@dingo.cdrom.com>
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>Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 09:52:12 -0700 >From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> >> > 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". Mike's pronunciation notwithstanding.... :-)
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