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SEA Technical Memorandum #0201, SEAdog 4.50; Session Passwording
Last updated: November 16, 1988
Copyright 1988 by System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
SEAdog 4.50
Session Passwording
SEAdog version 4.50 implements a form of session passwording to verify the
origins of files received by network mail. This is implemented in the
CONFIG.DOG configuration file.
First, an alternate received files area for verified files must be
established. The name of the verified files directory is given as the
second argument to the FILES configuration statement.
For example, suppose the bulk of your received files are to go into
C:\MAIL\INPUT, but verified files are to go into C:\MAIL\VERIFIED. The
appropriate FILES statement would be:
files C:\MAIL\INPUT C:\MAIL\VERIFIED
Passwords for verified file transfers are established with the undocumented
PASSWORD configuration verb. As an example, suppose that files coming to
you from node 520/1015 are to be verified with the password "BLATZ". The
appropriate PASSWORD statement in your CONFIG.DOG file would be:
password blatz 520/1015
As presently implemented, this connects with the PASSWORD command in the
ROUTE.DOG file. If PASSWORD statements are given in both CONFIG.DOG and in
ROUTE.DOG, then the one given in CONFIG.DOG takes precedence.
For example, if your CONFIG.DOG file contains the statement:
password blatz 520/1015
and your ROUTE.DOG file contains the statement:
password gnorf 520/1015
then node 520/1015 would need to use the password "BLATZ" in order to pick
up mail.
The session password is stored in the packet header in the same location as
a pickup password. This means (among other things) that if you establish a
session password for node 520/1015, then he need only implement it as a
pickup password on his end.
NOTE: If you do any session passwording at all, then both ARCmail 2.00 and
GROUP 2.00 will look only in the verified directory.