[4674] in Kerberos
Re: Software for front-end to kerberos database
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Omand)
Thu Feb 23 10:14:07 1995
To: rex@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Rex Baker)
Cc: omand@athena.tay.dec.com, kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 09:43:31 EST
From: Steve Omand <omand@athena.tay.dec.com>
Rex,
Our DECathena (Kerberos v4) product provides the functionality which you
mention. The product is approved for export and, since your organization
is a university, you can very likely get the software without having to
pay any additional software license fee - if you subscribe to Digital's
CSLG program.
password security administration features provided:
- password minimum length, set by administrator
- password selection validation against a dictionary you compile
- password re-use detection
- password aging and expiration
Let me know if you'd like more information.
regards,
Steve Omand
DECathena group
Digital.
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-> To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
-> Date: 23 Feb 1995 00:05:42 GMT
-> From: rex@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Rex Baker)
-> Message-Id: <3igjgm$ldr@griffin.itc.gu.edu.au>
-> Organization: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
-> Sender: usenet@cam.ov.com
-> Subject: Software for front-end to kerberos database
->
-> Hi,
->
-> I have been playing around with kerberos for a while
-> and was wondering if anyone has written any software
-> to do either or both of the following.
->
-> 1. A front end to the password allocation to ensure
-> that more secure guidelines are used when choosing
-> a password. Such as; at least 8 characters long, a mixture
-> of alpha and numeric characters.
->
-> 2. A program similar to "crack" which can check kerberos
-> passwords against dictionaries to ensure that easily
-> "guessable" passwords haven't been chosen.
->
-> Wishfully thinking,
->
-> Rex.
->
