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auth(8): document authsrv -N flag

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cinap_lenrek 2017-01-26 11:23:46 +01:00
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sys/man/8/auth
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@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ changeuser, convkeys, printnetkey, status, enable, disable, authsrv, guard.srv,
.I user
.PP
.B auth/authsrv
.RB [ -N ]
.PP
.B auth/guard.srv
.PP
@ -180,14 +181,20 @@ Netkey keys for individual users.
.I Authsrv
is the program, run only on the authentication server, that handles ticket requests
on TCP port 567.
It is started
by an incoming call to the server
It is started by an incoming call to the server
requesting a conversation ticket; its standard input and output
are the network connection.
.I Authsrv
executes the authentication server's end of the appropriate protocol as
described in
.IR authsrv (6).
The
.B -N
flag disables legacy bruteforceable DES-encrypted tickes as used by the
.B p9sk1
protocol, forcing the use of new
.B dp9ik
password authenticated key exchange.
.PP
.I Guard.srv
is similar. It is called whenever a foreign (e.g. Unix) system wants