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Free/Open ACE Servers?

Posted by Cliff on from the escaping-the-proprietary-trap dept.

Tsk asks: "One of the companies I work for uses ACE server for which I need a SecurID. This works fine in closed source Unix environment, however at home I have a mix of closed source unix, free unixes and Windows machines. I would like to be abe to use my SecurID at home and thus secure my network. I'm trying to do this because I have a client that only has BSD/Linux servers, who would like to implement a SecureID based solution. I did a Google search already using 'ACE server Open' and 'ACE server Free' and received no results. I'm wondering if such setup is doable, if the software to build it is available?"

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  1. Support for Linux by steve.m · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hope you weren't expecting someone to have somehow magically reversed engineered the server for linux.

    1. it would be a cryptocracking nightmare.
    2. It's illegal - RSA wouldn't allow it and would stop people from hurting their revenue stream.

    And assuming someone had done it, where would you get the Tokens from. They don't come free in cereal packets....

    If you dont mind spending the mony, you don't have a problem

    The ACE/agent is available for Linux. See Agent Support. OK, so BSD isn't supported, but you could play around with the Linux compat stuff or have them all authenticate from the Linux box running ACE/client.

    You will have to run an ACE/server on Windows unless they've got Solaris, HP-UX or AIX. See Server Support

    People on slashdot seem to be obsessed with getting something for nothing. SecurID is *a really good thing* (we use it at work) - do you think that all that work by Crypto experts could be duplicated by a few spotty geeks with too much time on their hands? Get a grip.

  2. wake up by johnjones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    err

    why use this stuff when I can offer the CEO's secetry $10k in cash and get any information I want
    on top of this you pay for this and you dont know whats inside !

    so how do you prove its secure ?

    hell you trust software companys more than I ever will
    (for this level of stupidness you must pay)

    regards

    john jones