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authorcinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2017-01-26 11:23:46 +0100
committercinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2017-01-26 11:23:46 +0100
commit2aa42aee31bbf643d5c630b315ff817d752b088e (patch)
treeead0d92df47007fb5ffd654f1171b76b73a4a843 /sys/man/8
parentacd4a952bd1ffca5447c93bf7a6e929472d2bde5 (diff)
auth(8): document authsrv -N flag
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-rw-r--r--sys/man/8/auth11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/8/auth b/sys/man/8/auth
index 6c41e4faf..d5461eb94 100644
--- a/sys/man/8/auth
+++ b/sys/man/8/auth
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ changeuser, convkeys, printnetkey, status, enable, disable, authsrv, guard.srv,
.I user
.PP
.B auth/authsrv
+.RB [ -N ]
.PP
.B auth/guard.srv
.PP
@@ -180,14 +181,20 @@ Netkey keys for individual users.
.I Authsrv
is the program, run only on the authentication server, that handles ticket requests
on TCP port 567.
-It is started
-by an incoming call to the server
+It is started by an incoming call to the server
requesting a conversation ticket; its standard input and output
are the network connection.
.I Authsrv
executes the authentication server's end of the appropriate protocol as
described in
.IR authsrv (6).
+The
+.B -N
+flag disables legacy bruteforceable DES-encrypted tickes as used by the
+.B p9sk1
+protocol, forcing the use of new
+.B dp9ik
+password authenticated key exchange.
.PP
.I Guard.srv
is similar. It is called whenever a foreign (e.g. Unix) system wants