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NAME

netkey - calculate response to authentication challenge

SYNOPSIS

netkey

DESCRIPTION

Netkey calculates a response to a challenge made by a system to authenticate a user, based on a shared secret (password), using the same algorithm as a SecureNet device. It reads and writes /dev/cons. It prompts once for the secret (echo is turned off). It then repeatedly prompts for a remote system's challenge, and once given it, calculates and prints the corresponding response. It exits on an empty challenge or end of file.

SOURCE

/appl/cmd/netkey.b

NETKEY(1 ) Rev:  Thu Feb 15 14:42:47 GMT 2007