KEY

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 28 October 1993
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NAME

key - Stand-alone program for computing responses to S/Key challenges.  

SYNOPSIS

key [-n <count>] [-p <password>] <Sequence> <key>  

DESCRIPTION

key Takes the optional count of the number of one time access passwords to print along with a (maximum) sequence number and key as command line args, it prompts for the user's secret password (if not used on command line), and produces both word and hex format responses.  

EXAMPLE


  Usage example:


        >key -n 5 99 th91334


        Enter password: <your secret password is entered here>


        OMEN US HORN OMIT BACK AHOY

       .... 4 more passwords.


        >

 

OPTIONS

-n <count> the number of one time access passwords to print. The default is one.

-p <password> user's secret password.  

DIAGNOSTICS

 

BUGS

It is an obvious security hazard to enter your secret password on the command line (-p option).

 

SEE ALSO

skey(1), keyinit(1), keysu(1), keyinfo(1)  

AUTHOR

Phil Karn, Neil M. Haller, John S. Walden, Scott Chasin


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE
OPTIONS
DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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