NAME

       pfstore - Used to create and manage a pass-phrase store.

SYNOPSIS

       pfstore [-n] [-d] -f pfsfile identity

OPTIONS

       -n     Create the file

       -d     Delete given identity from the store

       -f pfsfile
              Specifies file that holds identity/pass-phrase pairs

DESCRIPTION

       pfstore  is used to create and manage files that hold identity/pass-phrase pairs. It is primarily used to
       manage the owampd.pfs file for owampd.

       If the -d option is not specified, then pfstore prompts the caller for a pass-phrase. The pass-phrase  is
       hex-encoded  and saved in the pfsfile with the associated identity.  If the given identity already exists
       in the pfsfile, the previous pass-phrase is overwritten with the new one.

       pfsfiles generated by pfstore are formatted for use with OWAMP.

PFSFILE FORMAT

       pfstore generates lines of the format:

       test 54b0c58c7ce9f2a8b551351102ee0938

       An identity, followed by whitespace, followed by a variable-length hex-encoded pass-phrase.

       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

       pfstore -f /etc/owampd/owampd.pfs testuser

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

       pfstore -f /etc/owampd/owampd.pfs -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.

       pfstore -f /etc/owampd/owampd.pfs -d testuser

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

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

       The pass-phrases in the pfsfile are not encrypted in any way; they are simply hex-encoded.  The  security
       of  these  pass-phrases is completely dependent upon the security of the filesystem and the discretion of
       the system administrator.

RESTRICTIONS

       identity names are restricted to 80 characters.

SEE ALSO

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

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.

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