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Subject:    [gentoo-hardened] OPIE (Onetime Passwords In Everything)
From:       Daniel Struck <community () struck ! lu>
Date:       2003-06-19 18:41:20
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Hello,


Are there any efforts made to provide gentoo with alternative way of logging in?

I am currently researching methods how I can authenticate users within a LAMP-system \
(Linux Apache Mysql PHP) and I came across One-time passwords.

There does exist OPIE for Unix, which allows on a software basis to log into the \
machine with onetime passwords.

Although it is important to harden the software basis, to provide a secure \
environment, wouldn't it also be important to also provide a safer means of \
authenticating the users?

So, I just wanted to know if there are any research made to provide gentoo with \
alternative ways of authenticating users, maybe also by smartcards / etokens, ...? 


Daniel

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