Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:55:21 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Dima Ruban <dima@best.net>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAM on FreeBSD (was Would this make FreeBSD more secure?) Message-ID: <3658C089.9920E41F@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811212001120.457-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > Personally, I kinda like the fact that FreeBSD has finally joined > *both* Solaris and Linux in supporting PAM. I realize that for most out > there, its a Linux vs FreeBSD sort of thing, but, if I remember my > research properly, PAM was a Sun-ism first, that Linux flew with, and just > by finally bringing it in, we open ourselves up to a massive amount of new > authentication mechanism... > > Of key interest to me is NDS/Radiusd authentication, as it is what > we use on Campus/work...now I can take what i've done with Solaris for > authentication and bring my FreeBSD machines up to speed with it :) Did you happen to read my Daemon's Advocate article about this topic? I received news of the FreeBSD PAM work shortly after it was published, in the inaugural issue of Daemon News. If not, please see http://www.daemonnews.org/199809/daemonadvoc.html I will, of course, be writing an update on this topic soon, so the BSD community will be up-to-date. Once I've installed and configured this and given it a thorough wringing out, which may not happen until after the first of the year. > Thanks loads John...work *long* overdue... Indeed, my thanks as well, John. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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