It seems that PAM login and iButton support are in the offing. So, how
imminent is the following prospect...
I walk up to my RH desktop machine, and touch my Java iButton to the blue spot
reader. The PAM login uses the iButton key to identify me using list of known
ssh public keys. If it matches, a key is stored in ssh-agent (or used for any
other auth scheme, e.g. to get a Kerberos ticket) uses the key to derive
tickets, and I am logged in as if a valid password had been entered for the
corresponding username.
Obviously, any muscle supported smartcard, and pam supported authentication
could used, but I'm really interested in iButton and ssh at the moment.
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