[TriLUG] Suggested topics

[Brian McCullough]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:16:16PM -0400, Phillip Rhodes wrote:
> On 6/14/07, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > any topics folks are interested in for the main meeting?
> >
> > PAM, Pluggable Authentication Modules.
> > Maybe combined with LDAP, directory services.
> >
> 
> I'll second that.  What I'd really like is an overview of the different
> authentication mechanisms, APIs, etc.
> for Linux/Unix, how the relate to each other, how to choose one over the
> other, when to use them in
> concert with each other, how they work with applications, etc.
> 
> I'm still fuzzy on the details of the huge array of acronyms and buzzwords
> related to authentication (and maybe authorization to a lesser degree).
> Kerberos, LDAP, SASL, PAM, GSSAPI, NIS, NIS+
> , etc., etc.  What is all this crap and how does it all work? :-)


And don't forget 802.1x and RADIUS!


B-)