MAKEKEY(1)MAKEKEY(1)NAMEmakekey - generate encryption key
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/makekey
DESCRIPTIONmakekey improves the usefulness of encryption schemes depending on a key
by increasing the amount of time required to search the key space. It
reads 10 bytes from its standard input, and writes 13 bytes on its
standard output. The output depends on the input in a way intended to be
difficult to compute (i.e., to require a substantial fraction of a
second).
The first eight input bytes (the input key) can be arbitrary ASCII
characters. The last two (the salt) are best chosen from the set of
digits, ., /, and upper- and lower-case letters. The salt characters are
repeated as the first two characters of the output. The remaining 11
output characters are chosen from the same set as the salt and constitute
the output key.
makekey is intended for programs that perform encryption. Usually, its
input and output will be pipes.
SEE ALSOed(1), crypt(1), vi(1), passwd(4)
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