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author | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 23:52:20 +0000 |
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committer | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 23:52:20 +0000 |
commit | 1a0a934547909744a6a2fa4cfd5b795ec6394f05 (patch) | |
tree | 23294a96f715e1e5bc35c1029ec151c90ee95b96 /lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 | |
parent | e37a7c5f5a689c6f1994a879f5fa86066b7aac82 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 index 559cb6bd136e..07c6314c9402 100644 --- a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 +++ b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 @@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION These routines are part of the .Tn RPC -library. They implement +library. +They implement .Tn DES -Authentication. See +Authentication. +See .Xr rpc 3 for further details about .Tn RPC . @@ -81,14 +83,16 @@ derived from the utility routine but could also represent a user name using .Fn user2netname . The second field is window on the validity of -the client credential, given in seconds. A small +the client credential, given in seconds. +A small window is more secure than a large one, but choosing too small of a window will increase the frequency of resynchronizations because of clock drift. The third argument .Fa addr -is optional. If it is +is optional. +If it is .Dv NULL , then the authentication system will assume that the local clock is always in sync with the server's @@ -104,7 +108,8 @@ address of the server itself. The final argument .Fa ckey -is also optional. If it is +is also optional. +If it is .Dv NULL , then the authentication system will generate a random @@ -184,7 +189,8 @@ takes a server netname and a .Tn DES key, and decrypts the key by using the public key of the server and the secret key -associated with the effective uid of the calling process. It +associated with the effective uid of the calling process. +It is the inverse of .Fn key_encryptsession . .Pp @@ -195,7 +201,8 @@ is a keyserver interface routine. It takes a server netname and a des key, and encrypts it using the public key of the server and the secret key -associated with the effective uid of the calling process. It +associated with the effective uid of the calling process. +It is the inverse of .Fn key_decryptsession . .Pp @@ -230,7 +237,8 @@ Returns .Dv TRUE if it succeeds and .Dv FALSE -if it fails. Inverse of +if it fails. +Inverse of .Fn host2netname . .Pp The |