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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!lynx.aba.net.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!goof.com!usenet From: mmead@goof.com (matthew c. mead) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.2-960801-SNAP telnet/telnetd SRA patches Date: 05 Sep 1996 11:55:07 -0400 Organization: Goof Telecommunications Lines: 27 Message-ID: <sa7k9u99ctg.fsf@goof.com> References: <nyq21XO@quack.kfu.com> <322C2F81.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: goof.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Nick Sayer wrote: > > I have just finished an all-nighter adding the SRA authentication > > code to the libtelnet in 2.2-960801-SNAP. There are some rough edges > > still, but I have at least managed to do authenticated logins > > both between my Sun and to localhost. I haven't quite convinced it > > to go straight into an encrypted session after authentication yet, > > though. > > Does anyone care? :-) I can make patches if so. > It's interesting, and if it makes FreeBSD interoperable with a popular > Sun authentication method then I'd say hey, go for it for that reason > alone, but it does beg the question somewhat - what's the advantage over > ssh? People can still login via a form of telnet. You can lock out all access methods where a cleartext password goes over the network. -matt -- Matthew C. Mead mmead@goof.com http://www.goof.com/~mmead/