From: Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net>
To: help-gnats@gnu.org
Subject: Re: PAM Authentication Patch
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:25:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040620173908.GB13514@wookimus.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <93229.1087751132@juniper.net>
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Mark D. Baushke wrote:
> The biggest problem I have with PAM support for gnatsd is that you
> will now be sending a credential across the network in the clear which
> is presumably able to be used as a credential outside of gnats. This
> could lead to a simple password replay attack to gain access to
> systems by unauthorized individuals or their agents.
>
> I strongly urge you to first include and enable SSL (or TLS) support
> in gantsd before you allow PAM to be used to authorize connections.
Agreed. This is definitely something that should get on the TODO list
for gnatsd. Alternatively, there are ways of tunneling TCP connections
over secure channels, so I don't think the lack of gnutls integration
should exclude the PAM patch.
We should make it abundantly clear in the documentation that use of PAM
authentication should be thoroughly protected. If such measures cannot
be taken, don't enable PAM.
--
Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/
assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-20 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-10 21:20 CVS, Documentation, TODO Lists, New Maintainer, and Stuff Chad C. Walstrom
2004-06-10 21:44 ` Chad C. Walstrom
2004-06-13 8:51 ` Mel Hatzis
2004-06-13 23:01 ` Andrew Gray
2004-06-11 22:28 ` Yngve Svendsen
2004-06-14 17:07 ` Pankaj K Garg
2004-06-14 17:16 ` Chad C. Walstrom
2004-06-20 17:39 ` PAM Authentication Patch Pankaj K Garg
[not found] ` <gargp@earthlink.net>
2004-06-20 17:59 ` Mark D. Baushke
2004-06-21 7:25 ` Chad Walstrom [this message]
2004-06-21 15:26 ` Chad Walstrom
[not found] ` <chewie@wookimus.net>
2004-06-21 15:34 ` Mark D. Baushke
2004-11-04 1:27 ` Preparing 4.1 Mark D. Baushke
2004-11-04 3:15 ` Chad Walstrom
2004-11-04 19:15 ` Chad Walstrom
2004-11-17 23:26 ` Chad Walstrom
2004-06-21 16:13 ` PAM Authentication Patch Chad Walstrom
2004-10-29 21:33 Preparing 4.1 Chad C. Walstrom
2004-10-31 14:03 ` Pankaj Garg
2004-11-01 19:09 ` Pankaj Garg
2004-11-03 22:39 ` Chad C. Walstrom
2004-11-03 22:46 ` Chad C. Walstrom
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