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NAME

       aespasswd - Used to create and manage an AES keyfile.

SYNOPSIS

       aespasswd [-n] [-d] -f keyfile identity

OPTIONS

       -n     Create the keyfile

       -d     Delete given identity from keyfile

       -f keyfile
              Specifies file that holds identity/key pairs

DESCRIPTION

       aespasswd is used to create and manage files that hold identity/key pairs. It is primarily used to manage
       the bwctld.keys file for bwctld and the owampd.keys file for owampd.

       If the -d option is not specified, then aespasswd prompts the caller for a passphrase. The passphrase  is
       hashed  using  an  internal  MD5 algorithm to generate a key that is then saved in the keyfile associated
       with the given identity. If the given identity already  exists  in  the  keyfile,  the  previous  key  is
       overwritten with the new one.

       keyfiles generated by aespasswd are formatted for use with BWCTL and OWAMP.

KEYFILE FORMAT

       aespasswd generates lines of the format:

       test 54b0c58c7ce9f2a8b551351102ee0938

       An  identity,  followed  by  whitespace, followed by a hex encoded 128-bit number, that is suitable to be
       used as a symmetric AES key.

       No other text is allowed on these lines; however, comment lines may be added. Comment lines are any  line
       where the first non-white space character is '#'.

EXAMPLES

       aespasswd -f /etc/bwctl/bwctld.keys testuser

              Adds  a key for the identity testuser. The user is prompted for a passphrase. If the file does not
              exist, an error message will be printed and no action will be taken.

       aespasswd -f /etc/bwctl/bwctld.keys -n testuser

              Creates the file before doing the same as above. If the file already exists, an error message will
              be printed and no action will be taken.

       aespasswd -f /etc/bwctl/bwctld.keys -d testuser

              Deletes the identity testuser from the keyfile.  If the file does not exist, an error message will
              be printed and no action will be taken.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

       The keys in the keyfile are not encrypted in any way. The security of these keys is completely  dependent
       upon the security of the system and the discretion of the system administrator.

RESTRICTIONS

       identity names are restricted to 16 characters, and passphrases are limited to 1024 characters.

SEE ALSO

       owping(1),    owampd(1),    bwctl(1),    bwctld(1)    and    the   http://e2epi.internet2.edu/owamp   and
       http://e2epi.internet2.edu/bwctl web sites.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       This material is based in part on work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No.
       ANI-0314723.  Any  opinions,  findings  and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are
       those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

                                                   2004 Feb 8                                       aespasswd(1)