Re: Custom SSH Authentication

[Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk>]

Alex Robbins <alexdotrobbins@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am looking to set up a custom SSH authentication system.  I have a several
> RSA key pairs for my user, and I want to restrict ssh access based on which
> key pair is being used (not based on user name).  On top of that, I want
> to restrict keys based on time of day.  In short, a certain key can only be
> used at certain times, while another key works around the clock.

> So, my question is, does anyone have any thoughts on how I should go about
> making this happen?

Using the functionality in /etc/security/ may well help towards this. You
might also want to consider whether you can use different target usernames
for the different types of authentication policy.

Chris