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Securing Applications on Linux with PAM

Issue 102

From Issue #102
October 2002

Dec 31, 1969  By Savio Fernandes and KLM Reddy
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The basic concepts of PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), developing a PAM-enabled application, a PAM authentication module and writing the PAM configuration file.
Conclusion

With Linux-PAM, you are not limited to any particular authentication scheme; you are limited only by what you can think of.

Savio Fernandes (savferns21@yahoo.com) works for Aztec Software and Technologies Ltd. as a software developer. He is a Linux enthusiast and has worked on the security architectures of Linux. In his free time he plays the synthesizer and soccer.

KLM Reddy (klmreddy@yahoo.com) has a BTECH from the Indian Institute of Technology. He also works for Aztec Software and Technologies Ltd. as a software developer. He is a cryptography enthusiast and has worked on a number of cryptographic algorithms. In his free time he plays kabaddi and watches movies.

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getPassword function is incorrect

prashanth's picture
Submitted by prashanth (not verified) on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:00.

Hi
your getPassword function is incorrect

while((i = getch()) != '\n')
buf[i++] = i;
is incorrect

Very crisp and to the point.

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Submitted by Sunil (not verified) on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 15:35.

Very crisp and to the point. Great work !

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