Subject: Re: Regarding the use of pam_ssh
To: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/27/2005 11:54:31
On Feb 27, 2005, at 11:05 AM, John Nemeth wrote:
> Based on this, pppd should be fine, since it would primarily be
> used for modems that are directly attached to the system (modems
> attached to terminal servers would usually use RADIUS). How about
> racoon? I don't know if the passwords it sends are sent over an
> encrypted channel. Since login would be used primarily by getty runing
> on the console or direct attached serial terminals/modems how about
> it?
racoon should probably be fine -- check with manu. pppd should also be
fine.
login -- yah, I guess that's true, although it's also possible to run
login(1) manually after one has telnet'd into a system.
I will go through and add commented-out pam_ssh to several service
configs and document why it's commented out.
-- thorpej