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NAME

       ccat - cat a encrypted file

SYNOPSIS

       ccat [ -3ms ] file [ ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       ccat  prompts  for a passphrase and decrypts (onto standard output) the
       specified  CFS  encrypted  files.   If  a  corresponding  CFS  IV  file
       (.pvect_*) file exists in the same directory, it is used to perturb the
       file accordingly.  By default, files are decrypted using standard 2-key
       hybrid  mode  single-DES.   The  -3  option specifies 2-key hybrid mode
       triple DES.  The -m option specifies 1-key hybrid mode  MacGuffin,  and
       -s specifies SAFER-SK128.

       ccat  is intended to assist in emergency access to CFS directories when
       no machine running a CFS daemon is available.  It is ordinarily used in
       conjunction with cname(8).

SEE ALSO

       cname(8)

BUGS

       Does not work with new format (1.3 and later) directories.

       This  program  is  just  blindingly slow.  There’s no way to tell if an
       incorrect passphrase was entered, except that the program will  produce
       garbage output.

AUTHOR

       Matt Blaze; for information on cfs, email to cfs@research.att.com.