From 9ba46794043ebba3d5cf9b7ef28a42b8fb1a2c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juan Carlos Luciani Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 20:40:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adding new files. --- auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/TODO | 14 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/README create mode 100644 auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/TODO diff --git a/auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/README b/auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..12f170d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/README @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +/*********************************************************************** + * + * README for pwmech + * + ***********************************************************************/ + +INTRODUCTION + +pwmech is a client authentication mechanism for the support of username +and password authenticaton. The mechanism leverages the credentials stored +in the miCASA cache and does not prompt the user for credentials. + +SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS + +The tokens that pwmech generates contain the user's username and password, +this mandates that the auth_token client utilize a secure channel when +transfering them to the ATS. + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/TODO b/auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/TODO new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cf307b20 --- /dev/null +++ b/auth_token/client/mechanisms/pwd/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +/*********************************************************************** + * + * TODO for pwmech + * + ***********************************************************************/ + +INTRODUCTION + +This file contains a list of the items still outstanding for pwmech. + +OUTSTANDING ITEMS + +- Implementation of Linux specific code. +