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diff --git a/lib/libskey/skey.1 b/lib/libskey/skey.1 index 8ab4ac7..34cfb21 100644 --- a/lib/libskey/skey.1 +++ b/lib/libskey/skey.1 @@ -1,63 +1,91 @@ -.ll 6i -.pl 10.5i .\" @(#)skey.1 1.1 10/28/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.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 +.Dd October 28, 1993 +.Dt KEY 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm S/key +.Nd "A procedure to use one time passwords for accessing computer systems" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm 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 +Example use of the +.Nm +program +.Nm key : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +>key 99 th91334 +Enter password: <your secret password is entered here> +OMEN US HORN OMIT BACK AHOY +> +.Ed +.Pp +The programs that are part of the +.Nm +system are +.Nm keyinit , key , +and +.Nm keyinfo . +.Nm Keyinit +is used to get your ID set up, +.Nm 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 +.Nm keyinfo +is used to extract information from the +.Nm +database. +.Pp +When you run +.Nm keyinit +you inform the system of your +secret password. +Running +.Nm 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 +password. +If however, you misspell your password +while running +.Nm 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 +.Pp +Password sequence numbers count backward from 99. +If you don't know this, the syntax for +.Nm key +will be confusing. +.Pp 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 +though the +.Nm key +program gives them in caps. +.Pp +.Tn Macintosh +and a general purpose +.Tn PC +use are available. +.Pp +Under +.Fx , +you can control, with +.Pa /etc/skey.access , +from which hosts and/or networks the use of +.Nm +passwords is obligated. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr key 1 , +.Xr keyinfo 1 , +.Xr keyinit 1 , +.Xr skey.access 5 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Phil Karn +.An Neil M. Haller +.An John S. Walden +.An Scott Chasin |