Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:43:43 +0000 From: Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk> To: Jorge Peixoto Vasquez <jorge@aker.com.br> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: A wish and a dream...] Message-ID: <3A6C714F.78476DA8@algroup.co.uk> References: <3A684CD9.A6B77B86@aker.com.br>
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Jorge Peixoto Vasquez wrote: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: A wish and a dream... > Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:24:03 -0200 > From: Jorge Peixoto Vasquez <jorge@aker.com.br> > Organization: Aker Security Solutions > To: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> > References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101182342290.37417-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> > > James Wyatt wrote: > > > > The iButton also has a CryptoKey which can hold actual passphrases or > > passwords intact until you give it a key. Maybe I also want the > > temperature when I authenticate... (^_^) The iButton stuff isn't hard to > > handle. It would be nice to have a PAM interface for it. - Jy@ > > More than just that. It can hold your private key and do the actual RSA > procesing if you have the password. By doing that, it ensures your key > is never copied. It is just like the normal crypto-smartcards like > CryptoFlex from Schlumberger (www.slb.com). and here's some FreeBSD-friendly source to get you started... :) http://anoncvs.aldigital.co.uk/iBLab/ cheers, Adam -- Adam Laurie Tel: +44 (20) 8742 0755 A.L. Digital Ltd. Fax: +44 (20) 8742 5995 Voysey House http://www.thebunker.net Barley Mow Passage http://www.aldigital.co.uk London W4 4GB mailto:adam@algroup.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM PGP key on keyservers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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