Peter Mount wrote:
>
> One thing that may be useful, is not to check against the unix password
> file, but to use PAM. That way, you could even authenticate against the
> dreadded NT accounts, unix password file, dbm file etc...
>
> Anyhow, this is something to think about for the future ;-)
IMHO this defeats the purpose of crypt - not to send plaintext passwords
over the net.
OTOH, it could be done over a secure (SSL/TLS) channel of course.
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Hannu