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diff --git a/lib/libskey/skey.1 b/lib/libskey/skey.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b4e0455aa298 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libskey/skey.1 @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.ll 6i +.pl 10.5i +.\" @(#)skey.1 1.1 10/28/93 +.\" +.lt 6.0i +.TH KEY 1 "28 October 1993" +.AT 3 +.SH NAME +S/key \- A procedure to use one time passwords for accessing computer systems. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I S/key +is a procedure for using one time password to authenticate access to +computer systems. It uses 64 bits of information transformed by the +MD4 algorithm. The user supplies the 64 bits in the form of 6 English +words that are generated by a secure computer. +Example use of the S/key program +.I key +.sp + Usage example: +.sp 0 + >key 99 th91334 +.sp 0 + Enter password: <your secret password is entered here> +.sp 0 + OMEN US HORN OMIT BACK AHOY +.sp 0 + > +.sp +The programs that are part of the S/Key system are keyinit, key, and +keyinfo. Keyinit is used to get your ID set up, key is +used to get the one time password each time, +keyinfo is used to extract information from the S/Key database. +.sp +When you run "keyinit" you inform the system of your +secret password. Running "key" then generates the +one-time passwords, and also requires your secret +password. If however, you misspell your password +while running "key", you will get a list of passwords +that will not work, and no indication about the problem. +.sp +Password sequence numbers count backward from 99. If you +don't know this, the syntax for "key" will be confusing. +.sp +You can enter the passwords using small letters, even +though the "key" program gives them in caps. +.sp +Macintosh and a general purpose PC use +are available. +.sp +Under FreeBSD, you can control, with /etc/skey.access, from which +hosts and/or networks the use of S/Key passwords is obligated. +.LP +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR keyinit(1), +.BR key(1), +.BR keyinfo(1) +.BR skey.access(5) +.SH AUTHOR +Phil Karn, Neil M. Haller, John S. Walden, Scott Chasin |