From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 11 23:44:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA14894 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:44:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles357.castles.com [208.214.167.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14855; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:44:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00424; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:40:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806120540.WAA00424@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Terry Lambert cc: scrappy@hub.org (The Hermit Hacker), isp@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Radius login via getty In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:10:59 -0000." <199806120311.UAA11298@usr09.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:40:07 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > PAM has a number of known problems. > > > > > > Use SASL instead. Unlike PAM, thee is an RFC for SASL. > > > > Boy, does that ever make alot of sense...both Solaris and Linux > > are adopting PAM as their authentication schemes, and are designing > > various modules for it, but let's adopt something because, hey, it has an > > RFC? > > Check www.sun.com, "PAM-boy"; Sun's "adoption" of PAM is anecdotal. Check your friendly local Solaris 2.5-or-later system for non-anecdotal evidence of their implementation of PAM. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message