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NAME

       donkey - alternative for S/KEY’s "key" command.

SYNOPSIS

       donkey [options] sequence seed
       donkey -i

       key [option] sequence seed
       key -i

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual page documents briefly the donkey, and key commands.  This
       manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux  distribution  because
       the  original  program  does  not  have a manual page.  Instead, it has
       documentation in /usr/share/doc/donkey

       donkey is an alternative for S/KEY’s "key"  command.  The  new  feature
       that  the  original  key doesn’t have is print an entry for skeykeys as
       follows;

              kazu 0099 al02004          115d83956f1089b6  Apr 26,1995 22:13:27

       This means that donkey is also an alternative for "keyinit". Since  the
       entry  is printed to stdout (not to /etc/skeykeys), you can easily sent
       it to remote operator by e-mail (with PGP signature or something).  So,
       it  possible  to  initiate  S/KEY without login from the console of the
       host.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options are included below.

       -n     num specify number of keys to be calculated.

       -f     func choose hash function from MD2 , MD4 , and MD5

EXAMPLES

   (1) Calculate an One-Time-Password.
       Execute Donkey with sequence and seed, then input your passphrase.

              % donkey 80 is12345
              Enter passphrase : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
              SOFT O SAW SWAB CON RODE

       You can choose hash function from MD2, MD4, and MD5.

              % donkey 80 is12345
              Enter passphrase : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
              SOFT O SAW SWAB CON RODE

              %donkey -f md5 80 is12345
              Enter passphrase : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
              LACK WIN ROSE ANNA STUN REEK

       The default hash function is MD4 due to the historical reason.

   (2) Calculate some One-Time-Passwords at once.
       Use -n option.

              % donkey -n 10 80 is12345
              Enter passphrase : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
              71: WORE HELL CUB FAR DORA MALE
              72: SAIL DAN DONE BEER DAYS MOS
              73: PAN TONE THAT TOUT BURY EST
              74: KEN ROAM HEAT NAN MEAN HEN
              75: MINI MARS HASH BOTH SITU SING
              76: TOW SHIN FLUE ARID AHOY NE
              77: SLID LEEK NO TREE STOW BEY
              78: RUDY WINE GIFT FUSS AGEE SUE
              79: GELD THIN MAID THIN BUD TURF
              80: SOFT O SAW SWAB CON RODE

       Note that though "Enter passphrase" is printed out to stderr, One-Time-
       Passwords is to stdout. So, you can redirect the output safely.

   (3) Print skeykeys entry.
       Use  -i  option  without argments. Then, enter login name, sequence and
       seed. If you like default value, just type RET. Input  your  passphrase
       twice to get the entry.

              % donkey -i
              Enter login name [default kazu]:
              Enter sequence 1 to 999 [default 99]:
              Enter new seed [default ur18122]:
              Please choose passphrase between 8 and 256 characters.
              Enter passphrase : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
              Re-enter passphrase : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
              kazu 0099 ur18122          fc5b023e684968ff  Oct 02,1995 16:15:30
              WINK SEAM GRAB ROAD HELL FEST

BUGS

       Things to do:

       Support other one time passwords such as OTP.

       Support other secure hash functions.

AUTHOR

       This      program     is     developed     by     Kazuhiko     Yamamoto
       <kazu@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>.  This manual page was written  by  Fumitoshi
       UKAI  <ukai@debian.or.jp>,  based on documents of this program, for the
       Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                October 4, 1995                      DONKEY(1)