Re: SUN Internal Remote Access via Pilot

[Ron Lott <rlott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike:

Which version of Hand Stamp are you using ?  2.0 or Pro ?

Ron L.

> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:23:49 -0700
> From: Mike.Bellissimo@Eng (Mike Bellissimo)
> To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, osborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: SUN Internal Remote Access via Pilot
> 
> All:
> 
> I do use Hand Stamp and it works just fine. If you do not pre-enter a password
> it prompts you for one once you've logged in. Simply type in the code your
> enigma card gives you and you are off.
> 
> Another neat feature is that it allows you to configure up to five different
> mail sites. In my case I have an ISP address with Pac Bell also where I've
> pre-loaded my password.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> > From osborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thu Oct 16 12:07:07 1997
> > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 15:00:17 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Kevin Osborn - JavaSoft <osborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: SUN Internal Remote Access via Pilot
> > To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Content-MD5: LXZXCOjn06J4tmOCSbv8aw==
> > 
> > Handstamp (another email client) has it's own stack, though I don't know 
> > what it's scripting capabilities are. They may be more amenable to 
> > changes though...
> > 
> > 	You have hit at the crux of the issue.. the Enigma challenge system we 
> > use
> > 	for dialin access to SWAN.  Palm, in their infinite wisdom (not!), 
> > doesn't seem
> > 	to have put anything in their PPP connection script language to wait for
> > 	a string containing wildcard characters, or anything to display a string 
> > that
> > 	it receives from the remote end.  Obviously, this makes displaying your
> > 	random challenge code very difficult.  (If somebody has found a way 
> > around this,
> > 	*please* pipe up).
> > 	
> > 	I've been working this issue in my free time (not very much) through my
> > 	manager, whose sister happens to be a product manager for the Pilot at 
> > 3Com.  
> > 	They seemed to be interested at first in possibly giving us a patched 
> > version 
> > 	(apparently we are not the only company asking for this) of the network 
> > 	libraries that would support this, but have cooled considerably on the 
> > idea 
> > 	because "we need to show a business case" (my manager's quote).  One 
> > approach I 
> > 	could try would be to have all of you at Sun on this list that would 
> > like this
> > 	feature email me, and I could forward these on to my manager's sister at 
> > 3Com.  
> > 	That may help, but I'm not sure it will turn the tide....
> > 	
> > 	The other option would be to write a HackMaster extension that traps for 
> > the 
> > 	event generated during PPP connection negotiation, and then provides the 
> > 	functionality we need.  I believe I saw the event or events that do this 
> > in my 
> > 	last perusal through the Palm header files, but it would require a fair 
> > amount 
> > 	of research, plus development time that I don't have personally right 
> > now.  
> > 	Maybe someone with more time would like to pick this up? 
> > 	
> > 		-Guy Martin
> > 		-SMCC IR
> > 	
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