Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:47:27 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai=?iso-8859-1?q?_Gro=DFjohann?=) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Crypto progress! (And a Biiiig TODO list) Message-ID: <200002221047.MAA89379@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <vafya8eoifv.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> ; from Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai=?iso-8859-1?q?_Gro=DFjohann?=) "21 Feb 2000 13:20:52 %2B0100." References: <vafya8eoifv.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
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> Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> writes: > > > The daemon approach actually has benfits that I'm keen on that aren't > > related to security. A single point of access to the data means that the > > backend can be changed so that passwords can be in a different file or a > > database, without having to worry about rebuilding all the binaries. You > > could even split users across different back end systems. > > This sounds like PAM, doesn't it? One of the prime uses for the tool will be PAM. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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