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Date:      18 Nov 1998 15:44:25 -0600
From:      Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org>
To:        Vadim Kolontsov <vadim@tversu.ru>
Cc:        Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, William McVey <wam@sa.fedex.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Would this make FreeBSD more secure?
Message-ID:  <864srwisli.fsf@detlev.UUCP>
In-Reply-To: Vadim Kolontsov's message of "Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:09:14 %2B0300"
References:  <199811172058.VAA02065@ocean.campus.luth.se> <86hfvwixby.fsf@detlev.UUCP> <19981119000914.A11045@tversu.ru>

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>> Another point is that this could be easily augmented to handle other
>> authentication methods.  For example, OTPs, hand scanners, physical
>> keys, etc could all be handled by this one utility instead of having
>> to write it into each and every program that needs a password.
>> (Something keeps popping into my head talking about Kerberos, but I
>> don't know why.)
> I wonder how many people would like to see PAM support in FreeBSD?..

Hmm... Methinks you aren't talking about the cooking spray (although I
am working on a kitchen computer... maybe add a few
robotics... hmm...) :-)

Happy hacking,
joelh

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