Re: PAM with Credit Cards

From: Brian Fahrlander (brian_at_fahrlander.net)
Date: 02/28/05

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:52:38 -0600

    On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 07:37 -0600, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
    > I'm looking into something...maybe some long-term plans. Let's say I
    > handed out a bunch of magnetic cards for students to use, each with a
    > name on it an/or PIN, and wanted them to walk up to a PC with a reader
    > and use that card (probably authorized by LDAP somehow) to 'be' their
    > login/password.
    >
    > How tough would it be to write that kinda PAM module? Has anyone
    > here done it?

        Let's put a little spin on the ball.

        Let's say I want to put a credit card reader onto my Linux box. To
    login, I want to validate the card through a provider, and when I log
    off, I want to charge for the time I spent online.

        I'd like to put up a screen saver instead of the usual GDM box (or
    at least put it up only when validating) and remove the keyboard from a
    login consideration.

        It can be just a PAM module that connects to some remote processor;
    I don't think it'll be very tough. And, at some point the person
    writing it would be paid...you know, like real money?

        Does _that_ get anyone's juices flowing? 

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