factotum (software)
factotum is a password management and authentication protocol negotiation virtual file system for Plan 9 from Bell Labs. When a program wants to authenticate to a service, it requests a key from factotum. If factotum does not have the key, it requests it from the user either via the terminal window or auth/fgui, which is then stored in volatile memory. factotum then authenticates to the service on behalf of the program. For long-term storage, keys are usually stored in secstore or in an encrypted file.
See also
- List of password managers
- Password manager
- Cryptography
External links
- factotum(4) in Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Volume 1.
- factotum(4) in 9front.
- Security in Plan 9 Archived 2007-03-02 at the Wayback Machine in Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Volume 2.
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