Re: Where do I pose login and password questions?

[Jonathon Reinhart <jonathon.reinhart@gmail.com>]

Doug,

This is a Linux kernel mailing list; the Linux kernel knows nothing of
login methods, usernames, or passwords. The only thing the kernel
deals with are process UIDs and GIDs, which are set and read via the
(get|set)(uid|gid) and derivative system calls, as well as file/device
permissions. Login and authentication are handled in userspace. I
suggest you read more about the login process:

http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/howlinuxworks/linux_hllogin.html

Cheers,

Jonathon Reinhart

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:32 PM, iSpinn <ispinn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I want to start an open discussion on the login process and password
> security, specifically introducing a new paradigm for what the login
> process and password format COULD look like, and how that different
> process might work and be implemented.
>
> What vger.kernel.org list is best to 1) let me do my due diligence to
> search through its archives for prior work already suggested and 2) if
> none is found, posing that new paradigm on that appropriate list for
> discussion?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug P
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