Re: [fw-wiz] secure ID token based authentication

From: Mike Scher (mscher@neohapsis.com)
Date: 01/27/03 

From: Mike Scher <mscher@neohapsis.com>
To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
Date: Mon Jan 27 11:01:01 2003

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 ark@eltex.ru wrote:

> BTW is there a software server implementation that does not require
> ACE server?

SecureID's algorithm, while published by 3rd parties, is proprietary;
however, there are X9.9 token implementations (I believe freeradius,
already referenced, has such a module). If used in synchronous mode (no
challenge), X9.9 token-based auth offers roughly the same sort of security
as the SecureIDs. Cryptocard and some others make X9.9-based tokens that
3rd party (and free) X9.9/RADIUS systems support.

      -M 

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