On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:14 AM, Seraphim Mellos <mellos@...> wrote:
> Hello people,
>
> This report that you're about tor read has been written and was supposed
> to be mailed during the previous weekened but before doing so I wanted
> to get the 'OK' from my mentor which was too busy for the last few days.
> Yesterday, we had a talk and since he seemed to be ok with what I had in
> mind, I decided to mail it here as well.
>
> This week, I must admit that Iβ  ve not done as much work on the project
> as I could have, mostly because I am already ahead of schedule and also
> because Iβ  ve been thinking about how to develop the project from now on.
>
> The project started as an implementation of OpenPAM modules for Linux
> but what Iβ  ve been aiming for was that the modules would be usable under
> BSD systems as well, which would mean that there would be a single
> package of pam modules for both systems. As the project progressed, I
> found out that the BSD compatibility was not as simple as Iβ  ve
> originally thought it to be and that large chunks of code would have to
> be rewritten, which would only bring more complexity to the project
> (which comes in contrast with OpenPAM and its philosophy). In addition,
> Iβ  ve been thinking why would any BSD system would switch from the
> current set of - lightweight- pam modules that are in use to another set
> which wouldnβ  t be designed explicitly for BSD and would probably not be
> as flexible as the original ones.
>
> With all that in mind, I decided to restructure all the project and
> remove any BSD-only code. From now on, the project will focus on
> providing a working set of pam modules build with OpenPAM for all Linux
> distros and on the side, Iβ  ll try to write any pam module that the BSD
> systems donβ  t already have from scratch and only for that target
> OS.Thatβ  s pretty much what Iβ  ve decided but, given that I havenβ  t
> discussed it with my mentor yet, the decision may change (although not
> much).On the bright side, Iβ  ve completed for the project the following
> modules :

Awesome.  I realize it is a tough choice to drop something like this
but I really think
you made the right one for this project.  Good luck with the Linux modules.

-Alec


>
> * pam_rootok
> * pam_nologin
> * pam_securetty
> * pam_deny
> * pam_permit
> * pam_unix (*)
>
> * pam_unixβ  s base code has been finished but there are still some
> matters that need to be resolved.
>
> Regarding the project timeline (since we are coming close to the
> midterm evaluations), I amahead of schedule regarding the modules
> produced but I really should debug and finish pam_unix as well as
> soon as possible so that the modules produced can be tested as a
> set. Apart from the debugging process, documentation needs to be
> written for each of the produced modules which will be heavily based
> on the LinuxPAM and freebsd-lib/libpam documentation since all these
> modules are similar to a great extend.
>
> Regards,
> Seraphim
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