Re: one time passwords (OTP) and SquirrelMail?

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Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> I found some references to one time passwords (OTP) usage with 
> SquirrelMail in the mailing list archives, but no definitive answer.
>
> Is it possible to set up SquirrelMail to use OTP? As almost every IMAP 
> usage in SquirrelMail would be a new connection/authentication, it would 
> be best if the system could use passwords independent of the real, 
> system (or fetched from the main database) password.
>
> Real password could be used as a fallback.
>
>
> I've seen this in the development changelog, which could indicate that 
> such functionality may exist:
>
> Added code that allows to use internal password functions in sqimap_login().
>
>
> But not much more info. Anyone?
>
>
>   
You said it yourself - every IMAP usage in SM is a new
connection/authentication.  You want to get prompted to enter your OTP
every time you click Inbox, or a message?  Not only would it be unusably
awkward, you'd run out of generated OTPs in a hurry.

Chris

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