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Re: [cobalt-security] RaQ3/RaQ4 Qpopper-4.0.5fc2 PKG released
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] RaQ3/RaQ4 Qpopper-4.0.5fc2 PKG released
- From: Michael Stauber <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 04:03:27 +0100
- Organization: SOLARSPEED.NET
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Hi Barbara,
> I hate to sound green (lame had already been used)
>
> -but I don't understand this:
>
> Isn't PAM support necessary..? How does Qpopper check
> against an id/s password without PAM..?
No, PAM support isn't needed for Qpopper on the RaQ3 or RaQ4. Qpopper still
has other (more effective and less ressource intense) means to check if a
username and password match.
PAM is a nice thing to have, but in case of Qpopper it's more of a burden than
a benefit.
--
With best regards,
Michael Stauber