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/***********************************************************************
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2006 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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*
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1
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* of the License.
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*
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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* Library Lesser General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License along with this library; if not, Novell, Inc.
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*
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* To contact Novell about this file by physical or electronic mail,
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* you may find current contact information at www.novell.com.
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*
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* Author: Juan Carlos Luciani <jluciani@novell.com>
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*
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***********************************************************************/
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/***********************************************************************
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*
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* README for pwmech
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*
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***********************************************************************/
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INTRODUCTION
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pwmech is a client authentication mechanism for the support of username
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and password authenticaton. The mechanism leverages the credentials stored
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in the miCASA cache and does not prompt the user for credentials.
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SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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The tokens that pwmech generates contain the user's username and password,
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this mandates that the auth_token client utilize a secure channel when
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transfering them to the ATS.
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