Authentication

Two-factor SSH authentication via Google secures Linux logins

June 25, 2011

Last week’s TechMail was Two-factor SSH authentication via Google secures Linux logins which talks about using Google two-factor authentication with SSH (and PAM in general). I really like it and it works quite well although the comments in the TechMail indicate another …

Authentication caching with nscd

October 30, 2007

This week’s TechMail tip is Authentication caching with nscd which talks about how to keep authentication credentials cached for disconnected operations (i.e. if you auth against an LDAP server and it goes down or you take your laptop home). It’s missing some bits …

How I hate thee LDAP authentication...

July 18, 2005

I find LDAP for authentication highly irritating. It’s better than some alternatives, like NIS (haven’t looked at NIS+ so I don’t know how it measures up), but man oh man, it’s a real nuisance sometimes. I wrote that LDAP Authentication piece when there …