Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:39:03 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opie pam_opie.c Message-ID: <20020119123903.GA8776@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20020119042808.A67985@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200201191009.g0JA95b91076@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020119042808.A67985@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 04:28:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 02:09:05AM -0800, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > > ache 2002/01/19 02:09:05 PST > >=20 > > Modified files: > > lib/libpam/modules/pam_opie pam_opie.c=20 > > Log: > > If user not exist in OPIE system, return failure immediately instead > > of producing fake prompts with random numbers which can be detected by > > potential intruder in two tries and totally confuse non-OPIE users. >=20 > Wait a minute..was this discussed anywhere? We already live with this "change" several years when S/Key was here and nobody complaints. This is not a change, this is return to old way as it must be. This change have nothing common to security, just eliminate obscurity. --=20 Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia iQCVAwUBPElo5+JgpPLZnQjrAQGiPQQAnKI/7FzM5XnQ5FLAygOW5ltHsHS8t/rD F9N7AKqBN5Nf4mHXTz9ObAhZB9k0bgHnAwU4dfzmfBUa/4p0IsQ+KO1MSSzQto86 D7Bxkr7pFVFm9GOE3Sws1vLcrge/RN/R8fXiM5odJZTp9MZzbRKa7GzwQkiHWgTI RPexnh6AzhA= =CcIw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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