Subject: Re: Typo (?) in /etc/pam.d/telnetd
To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
From: Tomofumi Hayashi <tom.hayashi@alaxala.com>
List: netbsd-docs
Date: 05/19/2006 14:33:53
I just know that SRA stands for "Secure RPC Authentication".
Thank you for your kind information :)
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Name:Tomofumi Hayashi
E-Mail Address: tom.hayashi@alaxala.com
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At Thu, 18 May 2006 22:19:10 -0700,
John Nemeth wrote:
> On Oct 9, 6:27am, Tomofumi Hayashi wrote:
> }
> } In /etc/pam.d/telnetd (in NetBSD-3), there is a sentence
> } "... using a built-in authenticator such as SRA."
> } ~~~
> } I think SRA is misspelled (may be correct because I don't know
> } about PAM and security terms).
> }
> } SRA is typo and RSA may be correct, isn't it?
>
> No, SRA is correct. RSA is a type of encryption. SRA is a secure
> authentication method.
>
> }-- End of excerpt from Tomofumi Hayashi
>
>