[15614] in Kerberos_V5_Development
Re: prompter type question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hartman)
Thu Mar 18 09:54:02 2010
From: Sam Hartman <hartmans@mit.edu>
To: MIT Kerberos Dev List <krbdev@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:53:42 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20100317184137.GA6446@sun.com> (Will Fiveash's message of "Wed,
17 Mar 2010 13:41:37 -0500")
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>>>>> "Will" == Will Fiveash <will.fiveash@oracle.com> writes:
>>
>> preauth.
Will> What is the intention of the KRB5_PROMPT_TYPE_PREAUTH define
Will> and how does that differ from the KRB5_PROMPT_TYPE_PASSWORD?
Will> I ask because I was under the impression the
Will> KRB5_PROMPT_TYPE_PREAUTH type is currently being used for a
Will> prompt requesting a PIN. Is it to be used for all preauth
Will> related prompts including the prompt I'm adding which request
Will> the user insert their smart card? If that is the case then
Will> I'm confused as to when KRB5_PROMPT_TYPE_PASSWORD should be
Will> set.
The main difference presumably is whether the prompter will echo the
response. Also, a GUI prompter could reasonably ignore the text for a
password or new password prompt, using its own localization, etc, but
could not do that for a preauth prompt.
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