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OPIEKEY(1)	   General Commands Manual	  OPIEKEY(1)

NAME
       opiekey,	 otp-md4,  otp-md5  - Programs for computing
       responses to OTP	challenges.

SYNOPSIS
       opiekey | otp-md4 | otp-md5 [-v]	[-h] [-f] [-x]
       [-t type	] [-4|-5] [-a] [-n count  ]  sequence_number
       seed

DESCRIPTION
       opiekey takes the optional count	of the number of re-
       sponses to print	along with a (maximum) sequence	num-
       ber and seed as command line args. It prompts for the
       user's secret pass phrase and produces  an  OPIE	 re-
       sponse  as  six	words.	If compiled to do so, it can
       prompt for the user's secret  pass  phrase  twice  to
       help  reduce errors due to mistypes. The	second pass-
       word entry can be circumvented by  entering  only  an
       end of line.  opiekey is	downward compatible with the
       key(1) program from the Bellcore	S/Key Version 1	dis-
       tribution and several of	its variants.

OPTIONS
       -v     Display  the  version  number and	compile-time
	      options, then exit.

       -h     Display a	brief help message and exit.

       -4, -5 Selects MD4 or MD5, respectively,	as  the	 re-
	      sponse  generation  algorithm. The default for
	      otp-md4 is MD4 and the default for opie-md5 is
	      MD5.  The	 default for opiekey depends on	com-
	      pile-time	configuration, but  should  be	MD5.
	      MD4 is compatible	with the Bellcore S/Key	Ver-
	      sion 1 distribution.

       -f     Force opiekey to continue, even where it	nor-
	      mally  shouldn't.	 This  is  currently used to
	      force opiekey to operate in even	from  termi-
	      nals  it believes	to be insecure.	 It can	also
	      allow users  to  disclose	 their	secret	pass
	      phrases  to attackers.  Use of the -f flag may
	      be disabled by  compile-time  option  in	your
	      particular build of OPIE.

       -a     Allows  you  to input an arbitrary secret	pass
	      phrase, instead of running checks	against	 it.
	      Arbitrary	 currently  does not include '\0' or
	      '\n' characters. This can	be  used  for  back-
	      wards  compatibility  with key generators	that
	      do not check passwords.

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

       -x     Output the OTPs as hexadecimal numbers instead
	      of six words.

       -t <type>
	      Generate an extended response of the specified
	      type. Supported types are:

	      word	     six-word
	      hex	     hexadecimal
	      init	     hexadecimal re-initialization
	      init-word	     six-word re-initialization

	      The  re-initialization responses always gener-
	      ate the simple active attack protection.

       EXAMPLE
	      wintermute$ opiekey -5 -n	5 495 wi01309
	      Using MD5	algorithm to compute response.
	      Reminder:	Don't use  opiekey  from  telnet  or
	      dial-in sessions.
	      Enter secret pass	phrase:
	      491: HOST	VET FOWL SEEK IOWA YAP
	      492: JOB ARTS WERE FEAT TILE IBIS
	      493: TRUE	BRED JOEL USER HALT EBEN
	      494: HOOD	WED MOLT PAN FED RUBY
	      495: SUB YAW BILE	GLEE OWE NOR
	      wintermute$

BUGS
       opiekey(1)  can	lull  a	 user into revealing his/her
       password	when remotely logged in, thus defeating	 the
       purpose	of  OPIE.  This	is especially a	problem	with
       xterm.  opiekey(1) implements simple checks to reduce
       the risk	of a user making this mistake. Better checks
       are needed.

SEE ALSO
       ftpd(8),	   login(1),	 opie(4),     opiepasswd(1),
       opieinfo(1), opiekeys(5), opieaccess(5),	su(1)

AUTHOR
       Bellcore's  S/Key  was  written by Phil Karn, Neil M.
       Haller, and John	S. Walden of Bellcore. OPIE was	cre-
       ated  at	 NRL  by Randall Atkinson, Dan McDonald, and
       Craig Metz.

       S/Key is	a trademark of Bell Communications  Research
       (Bellcore).

CONTACT
       OPIE is discussed on the	Bellcore "S/Key	Users" mail-
       ing list. To join, send an email	request	to:

       skey-users-request@thumper.bellcore.com

7th Edition	      February 20, 1996		  OPIEKEY(1)

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