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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:05:00 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] factotum question
From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:01 PM, David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
> Factotum is some guy in the room that, even though you have the phone, yo=
u
> keep asking what to say next on the line to get authentication to happen.
> Is this a bad analogy?

The analogy is exactly right.
Took me a while to parse it
but I don't have a clearer phrasing.

> Factotum is available on the client side during authentication via a libr=
ary
> we can use to talk to it. =C2=A0When we get an "afd" we basically write a=
nd read
> from it asking our local factotum what to say next?
> Is this where the proxying happens?

Yes.
Russ