From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jun 3 01:09:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA25259 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 01:09:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (0@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA25216 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 01:09:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.0/8.6.10) id BAA00226; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 01:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdaaDjma; Wed Jun 3 01:09:04 1998 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.0/8.6.10) id BAA11430; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 01:08:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806030808.BAA11430@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdY11420; Wed Jun 3 01:08:35 1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: cy To: Robert Watson cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Eivind Eklund , "J.A. Terranson" , "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: MD5 v. DES? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 01 Jun 1998 19:46:35 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 01:08:29 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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