Re: [9fans] Drawterm and security

[Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>]

> >When you try to connect to sources (for example, you
> >do a replica/pull, or 9fs sources) it connects to the
> >machine and the machine asks you to authenticate to
> >the outside.plan9.bell-labs.com authdom.
>
> I almost literally heard the bell ring this time.  So
> when I try to initiate an authentication, it's up to the
> server to tell me what authentication domain he wants to
> use.  Then I look up to find a auth= autodom= entry so
> that I know who to talk to in order to do authenticate
> in that domain.  So if I have an authdom=home entry in my
> local network section, then anyone who wants to connect
> to my server will be told to authenticate using the
> home domain.  It's then up to the client to know what
> auth server to use.

All this is true except that the choice of authdom=home
does not come from your local network section.  The choice
of authdom comes from factotum, and it offers the client
a list of possible domains.  In particular, it offers any domain
on a p9sk1 key that isn't marked with role=client.

Russ