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- Consider including linux-pam in projects that require authentication
- Keep your development environment safe with tips from expert John McCormick in Builder.com's weekly Development Security Spotlight e-newsletter. Automatically subscribe to the e-newsletter now!Linux-PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux) is supported by Solaris, FreeBSD 3.2+, Red Hat, Caldera, Debian, Turbo Linux, and more. For any project that requires authentication on...
- Tags: SECURITY, Kernal.org, John McCormick, Linux Journal, O'Reilly, PAM, authentication, PAM module, Linux-PAM, Additional PAM, password
- Technical articles 2004-03-29
Additional Resources
- RSA ACE/Agent 5.0 for PAM
- The RSA ACE/Agent for PAM enables organizations to establish trusted user access to applications running on their Unix and Linux environments. The Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) allows administrators to extend various authentication technologies, such as tokens, smart cards and passwords, without the need to modify existing applications. The RSA ACE/Agent...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Authentication, Pluggable Authentication Module, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Open Source, Software
- Software downloads
- Linux in a Windows World: Using NT Domains for Linux Authentication
- If the existing network uses an NT domain or an Active Directory domain, the user may want to tap into the existing domain controller for Linux authentication. For instance, he or she might want a Linux POP server to use the existing Windows domain accounts. Doing so presents certain challenges,...
- Tags: Domain Controller, Microsoft Windows NT Domain, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software
- Book chapters 2005-01-28
- Enforce strong passwords with pam_passwdqc
- how using passwdqc in graphic mode?hi,i try to aware the "root password" program of passwdqc, but it dosen't work despite it's correspond programs like "sys-config-rootpassword" was pam-aware.please help me.thanks in advancedYou don't use passwdqc in graphics modeI think you must misunderstand what pam_passwdqc is. It's a pam module. ...
- Tags: mstahaei@..., password
- Discussion threads 2006-09-05
- exchange@PAM: Email Archiving and Lifecycle Management for Microsoft Exchange
- This white paper builds a strong argument for archiving enterprise e-mail using exchange@PAM from H&S Software. Among the most important reasons to archive your corporate e-mail are: Mailbox management Compliance and regulatory requirements e-Discovery Download this informative paper to learn more...
- Tags: Lifecycle Management, Microsoft Exchange Server, E-mail Archiving, Microsoft Corp., Instant InfoSystems, E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers
- Restrict users' access on Linux systems
- This looks really useful!Wow, Thanks for posting this great info! I just logged into my machine and read /etc/security.time.conf file. The format seemed really weird. The concept is very similar to crontab entries. I'm really excited about having just learned about this but since their just me on local system;...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, adambrown29@..., service name, Linux system, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- PAM-Personal Asset Manager (exe)
- PAM-Personal Asset Manager is used to document info about assets and property you worked so hard to acquire. You will be able to record all asset information including values, serial numbers, asset images, and purchase receipt images. By documenting this information in one place you will be able to rapidly...
- Tags: Asset, PAM-Personal Asset Manager, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2006-11-02
- Using Pluggable Authentication Modules with Linux
- PAM is used to protect Linux and UNIX systems from compromise through authentication, logging, and session management. Learn more about PAM, its configuration, and some of the modules available for it in this Daily Feature.Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) is used to protect Linux and UNIX systems from compromise through the...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, SECURITY, Jim McIntyre, Linux Filesystem Security, Linux, PAM, Pluggable Authentication Modules, configuration file
- Technical articles 2000-10-10
- Restrict users' access on Linux systems
- In a recent article, "Force users to log off when their time is up," I told you how to force home and workgroup users to log off at a specific time by using a third-party utility. But this solution targeted Windows machines, and one of my loyal readers asked how...
- Tags: Linux System, User, Pluggable Authentication Module, Linux, Security, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Networking, Software, Mike Mullins
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- Enforce strong passwords with pam_passwdqc
- Vincent Danen show you a tool that can be customized to help users create appropriate passwords. Here is a short review of pam_passwdqc. Password strength is always debatable; some users feel that a password consisting of their dog's name is sufficient; others feel that nothing less than...
- Tags: Vincent Danen, password, pam_cracklib, character class, minimum length, Linux Tips Newsletter, Password Strength, Pam_passwdqc
- Technical articles 2006-09-01
- Making Samba communicate with your Windows domain
- Getting Samba to completely accept authentication information from an existing domain is quite a challenge. It requires changes to a few configuration files and awareness of more than a few subsystems within the Linux environment. Although simpler approaches are available in Samba, they have their own challenges, such as requiring...
- Tags: domain, Linux, Microsoft Windows, pluggable authentication module, Robert L. Bogue, Samba
- Technical articles 2003-10-08
- Setting the record straight on Linux
- behind in so many ways.and here is where the masses chime in saying "you can't play games on Linux." it's practically the only argument against Linux these days.as far as I see it, Windows is behind Linux on so many levels for so many reasons.linux is far more flexiblelinux is...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, jlwallen@..., Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- SEAT Shortens Its Vehicle Development Cycle by 15% Thanks to PAM-CRASH 2G on Intel Itanium 2 Based HP Integrity Servers SEAT
- SEAT, the Spanish car company member of the Volkswagen Group, produces cars known for their excellence in design and their sporty positioning. In order to bring safe, light and sport-oriented vehicles to the market, SEAT performs multiple realistic crash test scenarios with PAM-CRASH 2G, ESI Group's virtual crash test simulation...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Server, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Nucleus Kernel Linux (exe)
- Kernel for Linux recovers data from deleted, formatted, damaged, or corrupted partitions where Linux based operating systems, such as RedHat Linux, Caldera Linux, Mandrake Linux, Turbo Linux, Suse Linux are installed on the hard disk or data storage media. Kernel for Linux supports Ext2 and Ext3 File System.
- Tags: Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- Software downloads 2005-08-31
- Linux - root logs on, user can't.
- Fedora Core 5I was playing Enigma when I accidentally hit the 'a' key and it killed my marble. (Don't worry if you don't play Enigma; it's only slightly relevant.) In order to see if there were any more keys I should avoid, I began striking them in alphabetical order. Somewhere...
- Tags: Palmetto, linux, user account, GUI
- Q&A 2006-09-13
- interactive message for user's to accept
- Hi All,At my oraganization, we would like user's to consent for proper use of informational assets before authenticating to our network. Our main entry point is Novell login.How would we go about setting such thing up where user's would get an interactive message and either accept the policy or decline....
- Tags: Servers
- Q&A 2004-11-29
- Controlling passwords with PAM
- Password authentication is essential to the security of any network. In this Daily Feature, Jim McIntyre explains how a system administrator can use Pluggable Authentication Modules to enforce a password policy on a Linux system.Password authentication is essential to the security of any network. If password protection is weak, it...
- Tags: Jim McIntyre, Password authentication, password, Pluggable Authentication Modules
- Technical articles 2000-10-11
- how use pam_passwdqc for graphical program?
- hi,i try to aware the "root password" program of passwdqc, but it dosen't work despite it's correspond programs like "sys-config-rootpassword" was pam-aware.please help me.thanks in advanced
- Tags: mstahaei@...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-05
- Linux and Windows Security: Why Windows Is Inherently Less Secure Than Linux
- Although the scope of this paper appears straightforward at it's surface, "Windows vs. Linux" is surprisingly broad. Linux is perhaps less homogeneous than Windows. Although Linux Torvalds retains the copyright to the Linux name, and ultimately controls the Linux kernel, the kernel is but a small part of the operating...
- Tags: Security, Windows Security, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software
- White papers 2005-03-07
- Specify who can log in via OpenSSH
- The OpenSSH suite of tools, developed by the OpenBSD Project, includes popular programs that serve many uses. This popularity combined with ssh availability as both server and client on just about every OS makes it no wonder that ssh has been the target of common attacks; and as a result,...
- Tags: SSH, OpenSSH, AllowUsers, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
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