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Re: Delays
- From: florian jurix jura uni-sb de (Florian La Roche)
- To: pam-list redhat com
- Subject: Re: Delays
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 22:43:05 +0200
> - I think the main purpose of delays was to slow down password
> guessing attempts, so it should be OK to do it in the pam_unix
> module, other authentication methods probably don't need them.
It should also not be visible for the "password guessing" person, if
he has typed in a non-existent login-name or a correct login name
(account name), but the wrong password.
Florian La Roche
- References:
- Delays
- From: Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>
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