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Re: Idea for a spec: msg#00000

linux.ubuntu.server

Subject: Re: Idea for a spec

This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156)Etienne Goyer wrote:

> More concretely, it would involve (on the "master" side) :
>
> - Setting up an LDAP directory, mostly for user authentication and NSS
> - Setting up a DNS zone for the domain
> - Generate a root CA, and a certificate for the master
> - Generate a ssh authentication key pair
> - Setting up a monitoring system
> ... etc
>
> When a "client" is added to the "domain", it would involve :
>
> - Adding the client in the domain's DNS zone
> - Generate a certificate for this client, and send it to the client
> - Make PAM and NSS on the client use the LDAP directory
> - Install root's ssh public key in the client's authorized_keys file
> - Install on the client any agent required by the monitoring service
> ... and so on

I'd just like to mention that I'd like to see kerberos added to to this
basic setup; use ldap for NSS and Kerberos for authentication. I'd also
be interested in participating in this project in any way possible.

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