OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

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Password Server Interfaces
OSI/MHS supports two password server programmatic interfaces: one at the MTA bind
authentication boundary and another at the MS bind authentication boundary. The MTA
bind password server interface allows generation and validation of authentication
parameters used during MTA association establishment. The MS bind password server
interface controls and validates the passwords used when a user represented by an
MS APPL object binds to the MS.
Compaq also provides one password server process, called the Master Password Server
(MPS). You can use it as it is, modify it to suit your needs, or write your own password
server.
This section describes the following topics:
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MTA password server programmatic interface
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Command and response definitions
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Command and response tokens
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Error handling
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MS password server programmatic interface
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Command and response definitions
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Command and response tokens
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Error handling
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Master Password Server (MPS)
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MPS concepts and components
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Procedures for using the MPS
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Error and informational messages
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Source and configuration file descriptions
MTA Password Server Programmatic Interface
The MTA password server programmatic interface is implemented between the message
relay process (MRP) in the MR group and an external password server process, as
shown in Figure 7-1
. You configure the name of the MTA password server process
through the MHS manager using the SUBSYS object.