Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 26, 2004 01:22 AM
PAM as the name implies is a module. You can add all kinds of supplementary code to pam and even change the order in which things are evaluated. Extreamly powerful and well written.
Gina on the other hand is a lame attempt at the same thing. To change it you have to bring in an entirely new DLL. You can't just edit an existing config file and use existing code for verification as you can with PAM. This requires a Registry change or a DLL file change. Screw either of them up and you are toast. Screw up PAM and it will require a CD reboot at worst, but you can recover in less than 5 minutes.
I suppose they are roughly the same if you think a tricycle and a car are roughly the same. (for old timers - think of the Laugh In show where the guy peddles 3 times and falls over). Sure don't know how Win managed to get EAL-4.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 26, 2004 01:22 AMGina on the other hand is a lame attempt at the same thing. To change it you have to bring in an entirely new DLL. You can't just edit an existing config file and use existing code for verification as you can with PAM. This requires a Registry change or a DLL file change. Screw either of them up and you are toast. Screw up PAM and it will require a CD reboot at worst, but you can recover in less than 5 minutes.
I suppose they are roughly the same if you think a tricycle and a car are roughly the same. (for old timers - think of the Laugh In show where the guy peddles 3 times and falls over). Sure don't know how Win managed to get EAL-4.
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