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Everything about Pluggable Authentication Module
Flexible mechanism for authenticating users
A pluggable authentication module (PAM) is a mechanism to integrate multiple low-level authentication schemes into a high-level application programming interface (API). PAM allows programs that rely on authentication to be written independently of the underlying authentication scheme. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Pluggable Authentication ModuleA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: SolarisTM 10 security essentialsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Improving Collaborative Intrusion Detection System Using Blockchain and Pluggable Authentication Modules for Sustainable Smart CityCited 16 times
- Go sideways: Single sign-onA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Kerberos (protocol)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Improving Collaborative Intrusion Detection System Using Blockchain and Pluggable Authentication Modules for Sustainable Smart City
Vulnerabilities in pluggable authentication module
Building Authentication Modules Integrating Windows Active Directory with RHEL Systems using PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module)
📚 Books worth reading
SolarisTM 10 security essentialsSun Microsystems Inc. · 2009
Pluggable Authentication ModulesK, Geisshirt · 2006- 📕Solaris 10 security essentialsSun Microsystems Inc. · 2010
Hacking Linux exposedBri Hatch, James Lee · 2001
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