rc41 and sasl

Russell Fulton r.fulton at auckland.ac.nz
Tue Mar 13 18:02:35 EDT 2007



Michael Hornung wrote:
> Thanks Chris.  I note now that in the INSTALL file it lists SASLv1 only.  
> Do people not use it ("it" meaning SASL support in Argus) these days 
> because there is a different safe and reliable way to protect data from a 
> probe to a concentrator?  I don't like the thought of sending this data in 
> the clear on a user network, and for my current needs that is the network 
> I'm using.  Otherwise for the time being I will install and use SASLv1 
> instead!
>
>   
I had a couple of goes at getting sasl going on OBSD a few years back
and ended up giving up.

While on this topic does Argus 3.0 support tcpwrappers?  For most that I
do that is adequate protection for what I need.  If you are worried
about snooping then stunnel might be and option.

Russell



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