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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
| commit | 97d5c458cfa039d857301e1ca7d5af3beb37131d (patch) | |
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| parent | b89dc2331a50c63f8b33272a5c4c61ab98abdaa3 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/makekey.8 b/static/v10/man8/makekey.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 193201bf..00000000 --- a/static/v10/man8/makekey.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -.TH MAKEKEY 8 -.CT 1 sa_nonmortals -.SH NAME -makekey \- generate encryption key -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B /usr/lib/makekey -.SH DESCRIPTION -.I Makekey -improves the usefulness of encryption schemes depending on a key by -increasing the amount of time required to search the key space. -It -reads 10 bytes from its standard input, and writes 13 bytes on its -standard output. -The output depends on the input in a way intended to -be difficult to compute (i.e. to require a substantial fraction of a -second). -.PP -The first eight input bytes -(the -.IR "input key" ) -can be arbitrary -.SM ASCII -characters. -The last -two (the -.IR salt ) -are best chosen from the set of digits, upper- and lower-case -letters, -.L . -and -.LR / . -The salt characters are repeated as the first two characters of the output. -The remaining 11 output characters are chosen from the same set as the salt -and constitute the -.I "output key." -.PP -The salt is used to select one of 4096 cryptographic -machines all based on the National Bureau of Standards -.SM DES -algorithm, but modified in 4096 different ways. -Using the input key as key, -a constant string is fed into the machine and recirculated -a number of times. -The 64 bits that come out are distributed into the -66 useful key bits in the result. -.PP -.I Makekey -is intended for programs, such as -.IR crypt (1), -that perform encryption. -Usually its input and output will be pipes. -.SH SEE ALSO -.IR crypt (1) |
