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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/atalla.8 b/static/v10/man8/atalla.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3e73746e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man8/atalla.8 @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.TH ATALLA 8 +.SH NAME +atalla \- initializing a challenge box +.SH DESCRIPTION +It is easiest to initialize an Atalla +(a.k.a. SNK) box at the same time you use the +.B -c +option of +.IR pwx , +before you hand it to the user, not in the user's presence. +To initialize the box: +freak it out by giving five consecutive wrong PIN entries, for example by +pushing the sequence +.B ON +.B 0 +.B ENTER +five times. +The box's display should now read +.BR "ES0 ----" , +you push +.B 1 +.BR ENTER . +The display now reads +.BR "ES1 ----" , +you now enter eight bytes of secret key, which you may ask +.I pwx +to invent, and which the user will not know. +Each byte is represented by three octal digits, in the range +.B 000 +through +.BR 277 , +so it takes 24 key strokes to enter the secret key. +Now push +.BR ENTER , +and a check sum of form +.B "C xxxxxxxx" +is displayed. +Push +.B ENTER +again +and another check sum is displayed, +this time of form +.BR "F xxxxxxxx" . +Push +.B ENTER +yet again +and +the display reads +.BR "EP1 ----" . +At this point the box may be handed to the user. +The user enters a personal password (his ``PIN'') +of 4 through 8 digits' length, +followed by +.BR ENTER , +and again, as a check. +Thereafter the user must +type his personal password whenever he uses the box. +Instruct the user not to divulge his personal password, and +promise the user you will not divulge +his secret key. +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR passwd (1) |
