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Factotum is a password management and authentication protocol negotiation virtual file system for Plan 9 from Bell Labs. When a program wants to authenticate to a service, it requests a key from Factotum. If Factotum does not have the key, it requests it from the users either via the terminal window or auth/fgui which is then stored in volatile memory. Factotum then authenticates to the service on behalf of the program. For long-term storage, keys are usually stored in secstore or in an encrypted file.[1][2]
Factotum was introduced in August 2002, at that year's USENIX in Berkeley, California.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Edwards, John (2004). Telecosmos: The Next Great Telecom Revolution. Wiley. pp. 167–171. ISBN 9780471690689 – via Google Books.
- ^ Fisher, Dennis (August 12, 2002). "Bell Labs Takes Stab at True Single Sign-On". eWeek. Ziff-Davis – via Gale.
- ^ Costello, Sam (August 8, 2002). "Bell Labs shows off new password, sign-on tools". InfoWorld. IDG Communications – via Gale.
- ^ Rapoza, Jim (August 12, 2002). "Factotum Bridges Access Gaps". eWeek. Ziff-Davis – via Gale.
External links
[edit]- factotum(4) in Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Volume 1.
- factotum(4) in 9front.
- Security in Plan 9 Archived 2007-03-02 at the Wayback Machine in Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Volume 2.
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