sxetika me to PAM...

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:16:45PM +0300, Tasos Kotaras wrote:
> Pws einai dynaton na apenergopoihsei kaneis toys elegxoys poy kanei to
> PAM otan trexw thn entolh passwd? Gia kapoion logo, 8elw na mporw na
> dinw apla passwords, eite mikra se mhkos eite le3eis biblio8hkhs. An
> balw se sxolia ta periexomena toy /etc/pam.d/passwd, tote to passwd den
> paizei ka8oloy... Enw me to PAM energopoihmeno, den mporw na meiwsw thn
> aysthrothta toy pera apo ena orio.

O Tasos Bassoukos apanthse prin apo mena kai den exei nohma na janapo
ta idia.  Apla thelo na prostheso thn ejhs aporia:

Giati na thes na to kaneis ayto?

Ligo extra security den xalase pote kanenan.
Ki esu pas na to kaneis entelos, ma entelos insecure.

To na sinithisoun na exoun pio sobara passwords oi xrhstes,
akoma ki ekei pou den epiballetai 'dia ropalou'
(estw ki an to ropalo sthn peripsoth mas legetai PAM),
den einai ka8olou asxhmo.
To antitheto, einai polu kalo.

-giorgos