> John Madden wrote:
>>>Does Cyrus use MySQL/PGSQL for the auth?
>>
>> I believe it can.  Cyrus is heavy on its use of SASL for authentication
>> and I
>> imagine there are plugins out there to do db-based auth.
>>
>> John
>>
>
> Unfortunately mySQL (and Postgres) via sasl doesn't support encryption.
>
> I have a cyrus backend, a firewall/router frontend with postfix (accepts
> all incoming
> mail, but want to authenticate for outgoing) and a spare box for
> databases.
>
> I dropped postgres becourse the lack of encryption and installed Radius
> (via sasl to
> an pam shadow mechanism. If I want to add a new user I now have to add a
> local user on
> my radius machine (with no user-home or login shell of course).
>
> My questions:
> Is there a mechanism for remotely add users to a machine?
>
> Is there a way to get mySQL/Postgres over sasl with hashed passwords or
> ssl? I hate clear-text passwords floating around the network.

Do your homework.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/secure-connections.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/ssl-tcp.html


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Tomas


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