Thomas Stover on 07/09/2009 03:55 PM wrote: > > In a perfect world a password, another private key, or what ever > wouldn't ever enter the picture. ssh-agent / pageant.exe work so darn > well once you get up and running. It's already sad enough that there is > no way to merge this world with https client authentication, somehow. > SVN is one example of something that let's you keep things simple > administratively by optionally using the ssh security model. I hate to > say it, but the windows named pipes over SMB is another good model (the > implementation however...). > > Passwords all over the place = evil. Each application asking you to > decrypt a private key / cert on its own = annoying. Again > gnome-keyring-daemon is on the right track, but I need something for the > windows side. >
I understand your authentication requirement, but I haven't written a program myself that masters these interfaces (PAM, LDAP, etc) so this will be my last comment on this. I have extensive knowledge using these interfaces across multiple applications however. There was something that crossed my mind when I first read your OP and this may or may not be what you are looking for... http://www.libssh2.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page There's packages in Fedora (and probably Debian, etc) for this library, but I have not used it. > > That's the kind of support I need on a 24 hour a day basis. > I hear you. 99.999% uptime is golden. > This is with a glib event loop right? > Yep. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
