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Date:      Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:05:13 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        abial@korin.warman.org.pl (Andrzej Bialecki)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SecurID authentication
Message-ID:  <199703140535.QAA12427@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970313102825.4339D-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> from Andrzej Bialecki at "Mar 13, 97 10:41:21 am"

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Andrzej Bialecki stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > you would be able to supply a binary object (shared library) that could
> > be used as part of the auth framework.  I would hope that this would fall
> > within their license requirements.
> > 
> 
> Shared library... 8^(((( Remember our discussion about making BSDI libs
> working under FreeBSD? Well, SDI *doesn't* ship shared libs, only libxxx.a
> is available, and even this I can't use as library (I had to unarchive it
> because of mysterious names clobbering between objects). So, what now?

I'd suggest a two-part PAM module, with the SDI code linked into a seperate
executable using IPC of some sort to the authenticator.

> It seems I'm interested... it looks like I'm the only person around with
> working SecurID installation. And though I probably lack some knowledge,
> I'm willing to help with this.
>  
> I'll take a look at the URL you referred to.

Ta.  You might want to research the GSS-API as well, in case this
(which apparently ties in with PAM) offers some help.

> Andrzej Bialecki <abial@warman.org.pl>    _)    _)   _)_)   _)_)_) _)  _)

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