From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 6 9:56:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BDBE14C4E for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 09:56:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA00454; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 09:52:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199907061652.JAA00454@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Ladavac Marino Cc: "'Dan Seguin'" , FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: Connect and so on.. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 06 Jul 1999 12:56:56 +0200." <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C11002761796D2@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 09:52:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > processes/kernel supported threads may proceed. Sounds like > > > RAGF(spelling?) scheme you're doing there. > > What you describe above is correctly expresses what I was trying to > > say. > > > > Could you point me to more about this (RAGF) scheme? > [ML] I don't know if I have spelled it out correctly, but this > is the authentication scheme used on mainframes (IBM at least) where all > syscalls are routed through the authentication subsystem before > proceeding. However, the subsystem seems to reside in kernel, and is > (possibly precompiled) table driven so that it does not cause gross > inefficiency. RACF IIRC, often pronounced "Rack Off". -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message