Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 07:47:18 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Crypto progress! (And a Biiiig TODO list) Message-ID: <200002180547.HAA25799@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <20000217181543.G21720@fw.wintelcom.net> ; from Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> "Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:15:43 PST." References: <20000217181543.G21720@fw.wintelcom.net>
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> > I'm very uncomfortable with requiring Yet Another Daemon to manage > > (and screw up) password checking. Generally speaking, if I wouldn't > > trust a program with root privileges, I wouldn't trust it with my > > password, either (for obvious reasons). > > Yes, but the benifits of a correct implementation are quite awesome, > a centralized logging place to dole out authentication and potentially > administratively shutdown/lockout accounts if a brute force attempt (or > other abuse) is detected. My thoughts pretty much close to exactly! 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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