>> I am playing with the TIS toolkit and have come across something I wouldn't
>> have done that way and am therefore tempted to change. I'd like to hear
>> from the list why they think I should leave well alone (or not :-).
>>
>> Password changing on s/key. This requires the user to enter the "secret"
>> password, the one part of the s/key stuff which is normally never leaves
>> the user's local system. I would like to change it so that the user enters
>> the three non-secrets when resetting the password, ie the new sequence
>> number, seed and the resulting s/key.
>
>This option is available in the version I use (I believe it's a -s).
>Hence, we thought your idea was a good one, too.
Yes, if you are using the keyinit program directly. I was referring to
password changing via the TIS authsrv autentication server. It is linked to
the s/key library and allows password changing but only in the "insecure"
form.
Al
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