From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 22 2:45:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (dhcp52.iafrica.com [196.31.1.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106DF37B66C; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 02:45:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA89379; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:47:27 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Message-Id: <200002221047.MAA89379@grimreaper.grondar.za> To: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai=?iso-8859-1?q?_Gro=DFjohann?=) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Crypto progress! (And a Biiiig TODO list) References: In-Reply-To: ; from Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai=?iso-8859-1?q?_Gro=DFjohann?=) "21 Feb 2000 13:20:52 +0100." Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:47:27 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Paul Richards writes: > > > The daemon approach actually has benfits that I'm keen on that aren't > > related to security. A single point of access to the data means that the > > backend can be changed so that passwords can be in a different file or a > > database, without having to worry about rebuilding all the binaries. You > > could even split users across different back end systems. > > This sounds like PAM, doesn't it? One of the prime uses for the tool will be PAM. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message