On 15 Aug 99, at 15:33, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> /etc/tpasswd is a way of storing the SRP information separately for
> systems which cannot handle it being in /etc/passwd directly. At least
> with my replacement libcrypt this isn't an issue as far as I know.
Even better.
> Ideally, things like SRP, SRA, CHAP, PAP, etc,
> should be available as plugins to client/server apps, so we don't have to
> make separate patches to telnet/telnetd, ftp/ftpd, etc, for all of the
> authentication protocols-of-the-day.
I thought that the purpose of PAM was to do just that, at least for
the server side (telnetd, ftpd, etc). Am I mistaken?
> I think I've heard rumours of agreements by some of the superpowers
> (Microsoft, etc) to standardize on SRP.
Oh hell, now it's ruined. :)
> This presumably means a common protocol.
Until someone pulls "embrace and extend" on us...
> I should look into this more - anyone have any real information?
It's news to me. The only time I've seen SRP and Microsoft in the
same sentence, it's meant "Suggested Retail Price". On the other
hand, a quick search for "Microsoft and SRP" led me to discover
that Kermit95 supports SRP authentication. It's a start, at least.
Dave
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