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encode_keychange(1)		    Net-SNMP		     encode_keychange(1)

NAME
     encode_keychange - produce the KeyChange string for SNMPv3

SYNOPSIS
     encode_keychange -t md5|sha1 [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
     encode_keychange  produces  a  KeyChange  string  using  the  old	and  new
     passphrases as described in Section 5  of	RFC  2274  "User-based	Security
     Model  (USM)  for	version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SN-
     MPv3)". -t option is mandatory and specifies the  hash  transform	type  to
     use.

     The  transform is used to convert passphrase to master key for a given user
     (Ku), convert master key to the localized key (Kul), and to  hash	the  old
     Kul with the random bits.

     Passphrases are obtained by examining a number of sources until success (in
     order listed):

	    command line options (see -N and -O options below);

	    the  file  $HOME/.snmp/passphrase.ek  which  should only contain two
	    lines with old and new passphrase;

	    standard input -or-  user input from the terminal.

OPTIONS
     -E [0x]<engineID> EngineID used for Kul generation.
	    <engineID> is interpreted as a hex string when preceded by 0x,  oth-
	    erwise  it	is  treated as a text string. If no <engineID> is speci-
	    fied, it is constructed from the first  IP	address  for  the  local
	    host.

     -f     Force passphrases to be read from standard input.

     -h     Display the help message.

     -N "<new_passphrase>"
	    Passphrase used to generate the new Ku.

     -O "<old_passphrase>"
	    Passphrase used to generate the old Ku.

     -P     Turn  off the prompt for passphrases when getting data from standard
	    input.

     -v     Be verbose.

     -V     Echo passphrases to terminal.

SEE ALSO
     The localized key method is defined in RFC 2274, Sections 2.6 and A.2,  and
     originally documented in

	    U.	Blumenthal,  N.  C. Hien, B. Wijnen, "Key Derivation for Network
	    Management Applications", IEEE Network  Magazine,  April/May  issue,
	    1997.

V5.9.5.2			   16 Nov 2006		     encode_keychange(1)

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