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Re: Signed Email PAM authentication

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On Fri 14 May 2021 at 16:29:32 (+0200), Marek Mosiewicz wrote:
> 
> I think of idea of having additional PAM module which passes login
> after receiving and validating signed email (for some scenarios it
> could even requires emails from many persons).

That's all very vague. You need to specify a sequence of
who has to do what, where, and how.

After that, you have the problem of how/where you suspend
this process until all^H^H^H the replies are received.
(BTW I would suggest a quorum.)
Normally, a successful login is fast; it's those that fail
which take more time.

> Signing emails can be
> done easliy in secure way

That's a separate issue.

> and it could be also good for auditing.

How?

Cheers,
David.

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Signed Email PAM authentication Marek Mosiewicz <marek.mosiewicz@jotel.com.pl> - 2021-05-14 16:40 +0200
  Re: Signed Email PAM authentication Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-05-14 17:10 +0200
    Re: Signed Email PAM authentication Marek Mosiewicz <marek.mosiewicz@jotel.com.pl> - 2021-05-14 19:50 +0200
  Re: Signed Email PAM authentication Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 17:20 +0200
  Re: Signed Email PAM authentication David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-14 18:00 +0200
    Re: Signed Email PAM authentication Marek Mosiewicz <marek.mosiewicz@jotel.com.pl> - 2021-05-14 19:30 +0200

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