[c-nsp] RSA and rancid

Dirk-Jan van Helmond c-nsp at djvh.nl
Tue Nov 10 16:18:19 EST 2009


Hi Mark,

Don't use RSA authentication for automated processes?
If the authentication isn't being sent plaintext, there is no added security in using one time passwords for automated processes.


Regards,
Dirk-Jan


On Nov 10, 2009, at 7:14 PM, Mark Meijerink wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I am looking for a way to combine RSA tokens to authenticate to devices and use rancid to make backups of my device
> configuration.
> 
> The RSA tokens use radius as authentication method. The problem is that rancid is an automated process and the rancid
> process is not able to watch on a RSA token and fill in the authentication key. This sounds a bit strange but I don't
> know any other way to describe the problem.
> 
> Is anyone of you using RSA tokens and rancid? If so, please explain how you make this work. Thanks in advance for your
> comments.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> 
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