NAME keydecryptsession, keyencryptsession, keysetsecret, keygendes,
keysecretkeyisset - interfaces to rpc keyserver daemon SYNOPSIS
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int keydecryptsession(const char *remotename, desblock *deskey); int keyencryptsession(const char *remotename, desblock *deskey); int keygendes(desblock *deskey); int keysetsecret(const char *key); int keysecretkeyisset(void); DESCRIPTION The functions here are used within the RPC's secure authentication mechanism (AUTHDES). There should be no need for user programs to use this functions. The function keydecryptsession() uses the (remote) server netname and takes the DES key for decrypting. It uses the public key of the server and the secret key associated with the effective UID of the calling process. The function keyencryptsession() is the inverse of keydecryptses‐ sion(). It encrypts the DES keys with the public key of the server and the secret key associated with the effective UID of the calling process. The function keygendes() is used to ask the keyserver for a secure conversation key. The function keysetsecret() is used to set the key for the effective UID of the calling process. The function keysecretkeyisset() can be used to determine whether a key has been set for the effective UID of the calling process. RETURN VALUE These functions return 1 on success and 0 on failure. NOTES Note that we talk about two types of encryption here. One is asymmet‐ ric using a public and secret key. The other is symmetric, the 64-bit DES.
These routines were part of the Linux/Doors-project, abandoned by now. SEE ALSO crypt(3) COLOPHON
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2002-07-18 KEYSETSECRET(3)