Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 01:08:29 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, "J.A. Terranson" <sysadmin@mfn.org>, "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MD5 v. DES? Message-ID: <199806030808.BAA11430@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Jun 1998 19:46:35 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980601192403.6508C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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> environment, it might be desirable to have an "authentication daemon" that > listens on a unix domain socket (or such). Daemons like CMU's imapd This looks like a nice clean approach, however what if the daemon (or something else for that matter) is broken? I suppose falling back to a primitive level of authentification, e.g. only /etc/passwd, to ensure that the system is not totally hosed. Any thoughts? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Government of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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