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Date:      Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:43:22 +0300
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_opie pam_opie.c
Message-ID:  <20020119124322.GB8776@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20020119123903.GA8776@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <200201191009.g0JA95b91076@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020119042808.A67985@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020119123903.GA8776@nagual.pp.ru>

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On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 15:39:03 +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 04:28:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 02:09:05AM -0800, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> > > ache        2002/01/19 02:09:05 PST
> > >=20
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     lib/libpam/modules/pam_opie pam_opie.c=20
> > >   Log:
> > >   If user not exist in OPIE system, return failure immediately instead
> > >   of producing fake prompts with random numbers which can be detected=
 by
> > >   potential intruder in two tries and totally confuse non-OPIE users.
> >=20
> > Wait a minute..was this discussed anywhere?
>=20
> We already live with this "change" several years when S/Key was here and
> nobody complaints. This is not a change, this is return to old way as it
> must be.
>=20
> This change have nothing common to security, just eliminate obscurity.

And what really must be discussed, is complete incompatibilities list
bringed by S/Key -> OPIE switch, not due to OPIE new way of things but due
to oversights or misinterpretations how it must be configured. And it was
not discussed. And I am only one who try to bring OPIE into good old S/Key
shape.


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Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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