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<h3><tt>ntp-keygen</tt> - generate public and private keys</h3>
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<p><img src="pic/alice23.gif" alt="gif" align="left"><a href="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/%7emills/pictures.html">from <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i>, Lewis Carroll</a></p>
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<p>Alice holds the key.</p>
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<p>Last update:
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<!-- #BeginDate format:En2m -->24-Jul-2018 07:27<!-- #EndDate -->
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UTC</p>
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<h4>Related Links</h4>
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<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="scripts/manual.txt"></script>
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<h4>Table of Contents</h4>
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<ul>
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<li class="inline"><a href="#synop">Synopsis</a></li>
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<li class="inline"><a href="#descrip">Description</a></li>
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<li class="inline"><a href="#run">Running the program</a></li>
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<li class="inline"><a href="#cmd">Command Line Options</a></li>
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<li class="inline"><a href="#rand">Random Seed File</a></li>
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<li class="inline"><a href="#fmt">Cryptographic Data Files</a></li>
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<li class="inline"><a href="#bug">Bugs</a></li>
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<h4 id="synop">Synopsis</h4>
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<p id="intro"><tt>ntp-keygen [ -deGHIMPT ] [ -b <i>modulus</i> ] [ -c [ RSA-MD2 | RSA-MD5 | RSA-SHA
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| RSA-SHA1 | RSA-MDC2 | RSA-RIPEMD160 | DSA-SHA | DSA-SHA1 ] ]
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[ -C <i>cipher</i> ] [-i <i>group</i> ] [ -l <em>days</em>]
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[ -m <i>modulus</i> ] [ -p <i>passwd1</i> ] [ -q <i>passwd2</i> ]
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[ -S [ RSA | DSA ] ] [ -s <i>host</i> ] [ -V <i>nkeys</i> ]</tt></p>
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<h4 id="descrip">Description</h4>
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<p>This program generates cryptographic data files used by the NTPv4
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authentication and identity schemes. It can generate message digest keys
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used in symmetric key cryptography and, if the OpenSSL software library
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has been installed, it can generate host keys, sign keys, certificates,
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and identity keys and parameters used by the Autokey public key
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cryptography. The message digest keys file is generated in a format
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compatible with NTPv3. All other files are in PEM-encoded printable ASCII
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format so they can be embedded as MIME attachments in mail to other
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sites.</p>
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<p>When used to generate message digest keys, the program produces a file
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containing ten pseudo-random printable ASCII strings suitable for the MD5
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message digest algorithm included in the distribution. If the OpenSSL
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library is installed, it produces an additional ten hex-encoded random bit
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strings suitable for the SHA1, AES-128 CMAC, and other message digest
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algorithms. The message digest keys file must be distributed and stored
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using secure means beyond the scope of NTP itself. Besides the keys used
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for ordinary NTP associations, additional keys can be defined as passwords
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for the <tt><a href="ntpq.html">ntpq</a></tt>
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and <tt><a href="ntpdc.html">ntpdc</a></tt> utility programs.</p>
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<p>The remaining generated files are compatible with other OpenSSL
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applications and other Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
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resources. Certificates generated by this program are compatible with
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extant industry practice, although some users might find the
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interpretation of X509v3 extension fields somewhat liberal. However,
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the identity keys are probably not compatible with anything other than
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Autokey.</p>
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<p>Some files used by this program are encrypted using a private
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password. The <tt>-p</tt> option specifies the password for local
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encrypted files and the <tt>-q</tt> option the password for encrypted
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files sent to remote sites. If no password is specified, the host name
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returned by the Unix <tt>gethostname()</tt> function, normally the DNS
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name of the host, is used.</p>
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<p>The <tt>pw</tt> option of the <tt>crypto</tt> configuration command
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specifies the read password for previously encrypted local files.
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This must match the local password used by this program. If not
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specified, the host name is used. Thus, if files are generated by
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this program without password, they can be read back by <tt>ntpd</tt>
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without password, but only on the same host.</p>
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<p>Normally, encrypted files for each host are generated by that host
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and used only by that host, although exceptions exist as noted later
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on this page. The symmetric keys file, normally
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called <tt>ntp.keys</tt>, is usually installed in <tt>/etc</tt>.
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Other files and links are usually installed
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in <tt>/usr/local/etc</tt>, which is normally in a shared filesystem
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in NFS-mounted networks and cannot be changed by shared clients. The
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location of the keys directory can be changed by the <tt>keysdir</tt>
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configuration command in such cases. Normally, this is
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in <tt>/etc</tt>.</p>
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<p>This program directs commentary and error messages to the standard
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error stream <tt>stderr</tt> and remote files to the standard output
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stream <tt>stdout</tt> where they can be piped to other applications
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or redirected to files. The names used for generated files and links
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all begin with the string <tt>ntpkey</tt> and include the file type,
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generating host and filestamp, as described in
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the <a href="#fmt">Cryptographic Data Files</a> section below</p>
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<h4 id="run">Running the Program</h4>
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<p>To test and gain experience with Autokey concepts, log in as root and
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change to the keys directory, usually <tt>/usr/local/etc</tt>. When
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run for the first time, or if all files with names
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beginning <tt>ntpkey</tt> have been removed, use
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the <tt>ntp-keygen</tt> command without arguments to generate a
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default RSA host key and matching RSA-MD5 certificate with expiration
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date one year hence. If run again without options, the program uses
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the existing keys and parameters and generates only a new certificate
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with new expiration date one year hence.</p>
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<p>Run the command on as many hosts as necessary. Designate one of them
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as the trusted host (TH) using <tt>ntp-keygen</tt> with
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the <tt>-T</tt> option and configure it to synchronize from reliable
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Internet servers. Then configure the other hosts to synchronize to
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the TH directly or indirectly. A certificate trail is created when
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Autokey asks the immediately ascendant host towards the TH to sign its
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certificate, which is then provided to the immediately descendant host
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on request. All group hosts should have acyclic certificate trails
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ending on the TH.</p>
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<p>The host key is used to encrypt the cookie when required and so must
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be RSA type. By default, the host key is also the sign key used to
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encrypt signatures. A different sign key can be assigned using
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the <tt>-S</tt> option and this can be either RSA or DSA type. By
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default, the signature message digest type is MD5, but any combination
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of sign key type and message digest type supported by the OpenSSL
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library can be specified using the <tt>-c</tt> option.</p>
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<p>The rules say cryptographic media should be generated with proventic
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filestamps, which means the host should already be synchronized before
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this program is run. This of course creates a chicken-and-egg problem
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when the host is started for the first time. Accordingly, the host
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time should be set by some other means, such as
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eyeball-and-wristwatch, at least so that the certificate lifetime is
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within the current year. After that and when the host is synchronized
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to a proventic source, the certificate should be re-generated.</p>
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<p>Additional information on trusted groups and identity schemes is on
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the <a href="autokey.html">Autokey Public-Key Authentication</a>
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page.</p>
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<h4 id="cmd">Command Line Options</h4>
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<dl>
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<dt><tt>-b <i>modulus</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Set the modulus for generating identity keys to <i>modulus</i>
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bits. The modulus defaults to 256, but can be set from 256 (32
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octets) to 2048 (256 octets). Use the larger moduli with caution,
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as this can consume considerable computing resources and increases
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the size of authenticated packets.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-c [ RSA-MD2 | RSA-MD5 | RSA-SHA | RSA-SHA1 | RSA-MDC2 | RSA-RIPEMD160 | DSA-SHA | DSA-SHA1 ]</tt></dt>
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<dd>Select certificate digital signature and message digest scheme.
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Note that RSA schemes must be used with an RSA sign key and DSA
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schemes must be used with a DSA sign key. The default without this
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option is <tt>RSA-MD5</tt>. If compatibility with FIPS 140-2 is
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required, either the <tt>DSA-SHA</tt> or <tt>DSA-SHA1</tt> scheme
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must be used.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-C <i>cipher</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Select the OpenSSL cipher to use for password-protected keys.
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The <tt>openssl -h</tt> command provided with OpenSSL displays
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available ciphers. The default without this option
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is <tt>des-ede3-cbc</tt>.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-d</tt></dt>
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<dd>Enable debugging. This option displays the cryptographic data
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produced for eye-friendly billboards.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-e</tt></dt>
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<dd>Extract the IFF or GQ public parameters from the <tt>IFFkey</tt>
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or <tt>GQkey</tt> keys file previously specified. Send the
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unencrypted data to the standard output stream <tt>stdout</tt>.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-G</tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate a new encrypted GQ key file for the Guillou-Quisquater
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(GQ) identity scheme. This option is mutually exclusive with
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the <tt>-I</tt> and <tt>-V</tt> options.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-H</tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate a new encrypted RSA public/private host key file.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-i <i>group</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Set the optional Autokey group name to <tt><i>group</i></tt>. This
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is used in the identity scheme parameter file names. In that role,
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the default is the host name if no group is provided. The group
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name, if specified using <tt>-i</tt> or using <tt>-s</tt> following
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an <tt>@</tt> character, is also used in certificate subject and
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issuer names in the form <tt><i>host</i>@<i>group</i></tt> and
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should match the group specified via <tt>crypto ident</tt>
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or <tt>server ident</tt> in ntpd's configuration file.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-I</tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate a new encrypted IFF key file for the Schnorr (IFF)
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identity scheme. This option is mutually exclusive with
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the <tt>-G</tt> and <tt>-V</tt> options.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-l <i>days</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Set the lifetime for certificates to <tt><i>days</i></tt>. The
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default lifetime is one year (365 d).</dd>
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<dt><tt>-m <i>modulus</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Set the modulus for generating files to <i>modulus</i> bits. The
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modulus defaults to 512, but can be set from 256 (32 octets) to 2048
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(256 octets). Use the larger moduli with caution, as this can
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consume considerable computing resources and increases the size of
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authenticated packets.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-M</tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate a new keys file containing 10 MD5 keys and 10 SHA keys.
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An MD5 key is a string of 20 random printable ASCII characters,
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while a SHA key is a string of 40 random hex digits. The file can be
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edited using a text editor to change the key type or key content.
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This option is mutually exclusive with all other options.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-P</tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate a new private certificate used by the PC identity scheme.
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By default, the program generates public certificates. Note: the PC
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identity scheme is not recommended for new installations.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-p <i>passwd</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Set the password for reading and writing encrypted files
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to <tt><i>passwd</i></tt>. These include the host, sign and
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identify key files. By default, the password is the string returned
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by the Unix <tt>gethostname()</tt> routine.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-q <i>passwd</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Set the password for writing encrypted IFF, GQ and MV identity
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files redirected to <tt>stdout</tt> to <tt><i>passwd</i></tt>=. In
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effect, these files are decrypted with the <tt>-p</tt> password,
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then encrypted with the <tt>-q</tt> password. By default, the
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password is the string returned by the Unix <tt>gethostname()</tt>
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routine.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-S [ RSA | DSA ]</tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate a new encrypted public/private sign key file of the
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specified type. By default, the sign key is the host key and has
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the same type. If compatibly with FIPS 140-2 is required, the sign
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key type must be <tt>DSA</tt>.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-s <i>host</i>[@<i>group</i>]</tt></dt>
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<dd>Specify the Autokey host name, where <tt><i>host</i></tt> is the
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host name and <tt><i>group</i></tt> is the optional group name. The
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host name, and if provided, group name are used
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in <tt><i>host</i>@<i>group</i></tt> form as certificate subject and
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issuer. Specifying <tt>-s @<i>group</i></tt> is allowed, and
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results in leaving the host name unchanged, as
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with <tt>-i <i>group</i></tt>. The group name, or if no group is
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provided, the host name are also used in the file names of IFF, GQ,
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and MV identity scheme parameter files. If <tt><i>host</i></tt> is
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not specified, the default host name is the string returned by
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the <tt>gethostname()</tt> routine.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-T</tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate a trusted certificate. By default, the program generates
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nontrusted certificates.</dd>
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<dt><tt>-V <i>nkeys</i></tt></dt>
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<dd>Generate <tt>nkeys</tt> encrypted server keys for the
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Mu-Varadharajan (MV) identity scheme. This option is mutually
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exclusive with the <tt>-I</tt> and <tt>-G</tt> options. Note:
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support for this option should be considered a work in
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progress.</dd>
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</dl>
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<h4 id="rand">Random Seed File</h4>
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<p>All cryptographically sound key generation schemes must have means to
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randomize the entropy seed used to initialize the internal
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pseudo-random number generator used by the OpenSSL library routines.
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If a site supports <tt>ssh</tt>, it is very likely that means to do
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this are already available. The entropy seed used by the OpenSSL
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library is contained in a file, usually called <tt>.rnd</tt>, which
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must be available when starting the <tt>ntp-keygen</tt> program
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or <tt>ntpd</tt> daemon.</p>
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<p>The OpenSSL library looks for the file using the path specified by
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the <tt>RANDFILE</tt> environment variable in the user home directory,
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whether root or some other user. If the <tt>RANDFILE</tt> environment
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variable is not present, the library looks for the <tt>.rnd</tt> file
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in the user home directory. Since both the <tt>ntp-keygen</tt>
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program and <tt>ntpd</tt> daemon must run as root, the logical place
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to put this file is in <tt>/.rnd</tt> or <tt>/root/.rnd</tt>. If the
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file is not available or cannot be written, the program exits with a
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message to the system log.</p>
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<h4 id="fmt">Cryptographic Data Files</h4>
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<p>File and link names are in the
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form <tt>ntpkey_<i>key</i>_<i>name</i>.<i>fstamp</i></tt>,
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where <tt><i>key</i></tt> is the key or parameter
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type, <tt><i>name</i></tt> is the host or group name
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and <tt><i>fstamp</i></tt> is the filestamp (NTP seconds) when the
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file was created). By convention, <em><tt>key</tt></em> names in
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generated file names include both upper and lower case characters,
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while <em><tt>key</tt></em> names in generated link names include only
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lower case characters. The filestamp is not used in generated link
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names.</p>
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<p>The <em><tt>key</tt></em> name is a string defining the cryptographic
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key type. Key types include public/private keys <tt>host</tt>
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and <tt>sign</tt>, certificate <tt>cert</tt> and several
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challenge/response key types. By convention, client files used for
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challenges have a <tt>par</tt> subtype, as in the IFF
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challenge <tt>IFFpar</tt>, while server files for responses have
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a <tt>key</tt> subtype, as in the GQ response <tt>GQkey</tt>.</p>
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<p>All files begin with two nonencrypted lines. The first line contains
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the file name in the
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format <tt>ntpkey_<i>key</i>_<i>host</i>.<i>fstamp</i></tt>. The second
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line contains the datestamp in conventional Unix <tt>date</tt> format.
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Lines beginning with <tt>#</tt> are ignored.</p>
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<p>The remainder of the file contains cryptographic data encoded first
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using ASN.1 rules, then encrypted using the DES-CBC algorithm with
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given password and finally written in PEM-encoded printable ASCII text
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preceded and followed by MIME content identifier lines.</p>
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<p>The format of the symmetric keys file, ordinarily
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named <tt>ntp.keys,</tt> is somewhat different than the other files in
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the interest of backward compatibility. Ordinarily, the file is
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generated by this program, but it can be constructed and edited using
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an ordinary text editor.</p>
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<table>
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<caption style="caption-side: bottom;">
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Figure 1. Typical Symmetric Key File
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</caption>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid black; border-spacing: 0;">
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<pre style="color:grey;">
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# ntpkey_MD5key_bk.ntp.org.3595864945
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# Thu Dec 12 19:22:25 2013
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1 MD5 L";Nw<`.I<f4U0)247"i # MD5 key
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2 MD5 &>l0%XXK9O'51VwV<xq~ # MD5 key
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3 MD5 lb4zLW~d^!K:]RsD'qb6 # MD5 key
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4 MD5 Yue:tL[+vR)M`n~bY,'? # MD5 key
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5 MD5 B;fxlKgr/&4ZTbL6=RxA # MD5 key
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6 MD5 4eYwa`o}3i@@V@..R9!l # MD5 key
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7 MD5 `A.([h+;wTQ|xfi%Sn_! # MD5 key
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8 MD5 45:V,r4]l6y^JH6.Sh?F # MD5 key
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9 MD5 3-5vcn*6l29DS?Xdsg)* # MD5 key
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10 MD5 2late4Me # MD5 key
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11 SHA1 a27872d3030a9025b8446c751b4551a7629af65c # SHA1 key
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12 SHA1 21bc3b4865dbb9e920902abdccb3e04ff97a5e74 # SHA1 key
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13 SHA1 2b7736fe24fef5ba85ae11594132ab5d6f6daba9 # SHA1 key
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14 SHA a5332809c8878dd3a5b918819108a111509aeceb # SHA key
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15 MD2 2fe16c88c760ff2f16d4267e36c1aa6c926e6964 # MD2 key
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16 MD4 b2691811dc19cfc0e2f9bcacd74213f29812183d # MD4 key
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17 MD5 e4d6735b8bdad58ec5ffcb087300a17f7fef1f7c # MD5 key
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18 MDC2 a8d5e2315c025bf3a79174c87fbd10477de2eabc # MDC2 key
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19 RIPEMD160 77ca332cafb30e3cafb174dcd5b80ded7ba9b3d2 # RIPEMD160 key
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20 AES128CMAC f92ff73eee86c1e7dc638d6489a04e4e555af878 # AES128CMAC key
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21 MD5 sampo 10.1.2.3/24
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</pre></td></tr></table>
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<p>Figure 1 shows a typical symmetric keys file used by the reference
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implementation. Each line of the file contains three or four fields,
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first an integer between 1 and 65535, inclusive, representing the key
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identifier used in the <tt>server</tt> and <tt>peer</tt> configuration
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commands. Second is the key type for the message digest algorithm,
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which in the absence of the OpenSSL library must be <tt>MD5</tt> to
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designate the MD5 message digest algorithm. If the OpenSSL library is
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installed, the key type can be any message digest algorithm supported
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by that library. However, if compatibility with FIPS 140-2 is
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required, the key type must be either <tt>SHA</tt> or <tt>SHA1</tt>.
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The key type can be changed using an ASCII text editor.</p>
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<p>The third field is the key.</p>
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<p>An MD5 key consists of a printable ASCII string less than or equal to
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16 characters and terminated by whitespace or a # character. An
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OpenSSL key consists of a hex-encoded ASCII string of 40 characters,
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which is truncated as necessary.</p>
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<p>Note that the keys used by the <tt>ntpq</tt> and <tt>ntpdc</tt>
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programs are checked against passwords requested by the programs and
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entered by hand, so it is generally appropriate to specify these keys
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in human readable ASCII format.</p>
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<p>The optional fourth field is one or more IPs, with each IP separated
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with a comma. An IP may end with an optional <tt>/subnetbits</tt>
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suffix, which limits the acceptance of the key identifier to packets
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claiming to be from the described IP space.</p>
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<p>The <tt>ntp-keygen</tt> program generates a MD5 symmetric keys
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file <tt>ntpkey_MD5key_<i>hostname.filestamp</i></tt>. Since the file
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contains private shared keys, it should be visible only to root and
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distributed by secure means to other subnet hosts. The NTP daemon
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loads the file <tt>ntp.keys</tt>, so <tt>ntp-keygen</tt> installs a
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soft link from this name to the generated file. Subsequently, similar
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soft links must be installed by manual or automated means on the other
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subnet hosts. While this file is not used with the Autokey Version 2
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protocol, it is needed to authenticate some remote configuration
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commands used by the <a href="ntpq.html"><tt>ntpq</tt></a>
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and <a href="ntpdc.html"><tt>ntpdc</tt></a> utilities.</p>
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<h4 id="bug">Bugs</h4>
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<p>It can take quite a while to generate some cryptographic values.</p>
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