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=== Some Architectural Changes ===
=== Intrusion update ===
[[MikeMcGrath| Mike McGrath]] sent a link <ref>https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-March/msg00010.html</ref> to the list about the intrusion which was sent to the fedora-announce-list earlier.<ref>https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2009-March/msg00277.html</ref>


[[MikeMcGrath|Mike McGrath]] wrote[1] on the @fedora-infrastructure-list that we have finally completed some consolidation we have been working on for the past couple of months.  We have also added a new class of server (bappX servers). The <code>bapp</code> servers (there's only one right now) will be our job control servers.
Mike said that he was waiting to discuss authentication mechanisms for the fedora-servers, Since passwords+ssh keys are not the most secure authentication mechanism. Also it seems that fedora does not have the budget for any RSA token like system for authentication.


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-October/msg00027.html
There was a lot of discussion on this thread, with various people proposing different authentication mechanisms which could be used.
 
[[Dennis Gilmore|DennisGilmore]] started a similar thread about Auth Mechanims<ref>https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2009-March/msg00294.html</ref> on which he discussed using etoken or Yubikey for authentication.
It was a two factor authentication and therefore was more secure than passphrase or ssh keys.
 
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Infrastructure

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-infrastructure-list

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure

Contributing Writer: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala

Intrusion update

Mike McGrath sent a link [1] to the list about the intrusion which was sent to the fedora-announce-list earlier.[2]

Mike said that he was waiting to discuss authentication mechanisms for the fedora-servers, Since passwords+ssh keys are not the most secure authentication mechanism. Also it seems that fedora does not have the budget for any RSA token like system for authentication.

There was a lot of discussion on this thread, with various people proposing different authentication mechanisms which could be used.

DennisGilmore started a similar thread about Auth Mechanims[3] on which he discussed using etoken or Yubikey for authentication. It was a two factor authentication and therefore was more secure than passphrase or ssh keys.