From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 07:26:25 -0400
From: forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk
Subject: secure login without digital pathways box
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>>plaintext-password authentication option for
>>those who does not have SecureNet keys or use
>>reasonable firewalls.

if, like us, you are unwilling to reduce the level of
security the system offers -- we've got lots of potential ethernet snoopers --
an alternative is to provide a version of `netkey' on your unix systems,
with which to calculate the response to a plan 9 challenge.

this is a little trickier with this release since the
source for crypt has not been included for the usual
batty munitions act reasons.  i used one i prepared earlier,
but has anyone got a good plug compatible replacement that
can be placed somewhere outside the USA?  it might be
a nice touch to put it on whatever is kremvax these days.