From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 6 13:31:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (pau-amma.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CF4F14BFD for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:31:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id NAA68734 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:31:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:31:45 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199907062031.NAA68734@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connect and so on.. In-Reply-To: <199907061652.JAA00454@dingo.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 09:52:12 -0700 >From: Mike Smith >> > 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.... :-)