From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 17 21:47:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76FB37B957; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:47:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA25799; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 07:47:19 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200002180547.HAA25799@gratis.grondar.za> To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Crypto progress! (And a Biiiig TODO list) References: <20000217181543.G21720@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000217181543.G21720@fw.wintelcom.net> ; from Alfred Perlstein "Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:15:43 PST." Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 07:47:18 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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