Updated README and TODO files to reflect the current state of the

project.
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Juan Carlos Luciani
2006-11-22 05:21:33 +00:00
parent cd04a3d4cf
commit cce03a7a13
19 changed files with 222 additions and 170 deletions

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@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ interacting with ATSs, invoking the authentication mechanism plug-ins, and
managing the authentication token cache. libcasa_c_authtoken also provides
the Get Authentication Token API.
CONFIGURATION
libcasa_c_authtoken has several configuration settings that can be modified to
change its default behavior. To modify the libcasa_c_authtoken configuration
you need to edit the client.conf file. The path to the client.conf file under
linux is /etc/CASA/authtoken/client/client.conf. The path to the client.conf file
under windows is \Program Files\novell\CASA\Etc\Auth\client.conf.
CONFIGURING ADDITIONAL AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM MODULES
libcasa_c_authtoken utilizes mechanism plug-ins for authenticating to ATSs.

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@@ -10,4 +10,14 @@ This file contains a list of the items still outstanding for libcasa_c_authtoken
OUTSTANDING ITEMS
None.
- Add mechanism to try communicating with ATS over port 443 if communications
over port 2645 fail.
- Enhance the AuthMechanism interface to support authentication schemes that
require several token exchanges between the client and the server. This will
also require the enhancement of the client/server protocol utilized for
authentication.
- Add mechanism to allow a user to either accept or reject server certificates
considered invalid.

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@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ authentication. The mechanism leverages the services of the native Kerberos 5
client to obtain Kerberos Tokens that can be used for authenticating an entity
to a Kerberos service.
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
The tokens that krb5mech generates are only utilized to authenticate the client

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@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ This file contains a list of the items still outstanding for krb5mech.
OUTSTANDING ITEMS
None.
- Change to also do server authentication once the AuthMechanism interface
is enhanced to support authentication schemes that require several token
exchanges between the client and the server. Allow this to be configurable.
.

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@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ This file contains a list of the items still outstanding for pwmech.
OUTSTANDING ITEMS
None.
- Allow the server to specify that Desktop credentials should not be
utilized.
- Try to find way to remove credentials from miCASA cache which are
found to be invalid.