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38<h1 class="settitle" align="center">Ntp-keygen User&rsquo;s Manual</h1>
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43
44<span id="SEC_Overview"></span>
45<h2 class="shortcontents-heading">Short Table of Contents</h2>
46
47<div class="shortcontents">
48<ul class="no-bullet">
49<li><a id="stoc-Description-1" href="#toc-Description-1">1 Description</a></li>
50</ul>
51</div>
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54<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
55<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Description" accesskey="1">Description</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
56</td></tr>
57<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="2">ntp-keygen Invocation</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Invoking ntp-keygen
58</td></tr>
59<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Running-the-Program" accesskey="3">Running the Program</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
60</td></tr>
61<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Random-Seed-File" accesskey="4">Random Seed File</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
62</td></tr>
63<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Cryptographic-Data-Files" accesskey="5">Cryptographic Data Files</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
64</td></tr>
65</table>
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67<span id="Top"></span><div class="header">
68<p>
69Next: <a href="#Description" accesskey="n" rel="next">Description</a>, Previous: <a href="dir.html#Top" accesskey="p" rel="prev">(dir)</a>, Up: <a href="dir.html#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">(dir)</a> &nbsp; </p>
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71<span id="NTP-Key-Generation-Program-User-Manual"></span><h1 class="top">NTP Key Generation Program User Manual</h1>
72
73<p>This document describes the use of the NTP Project&rsquo;s <code>ntp-keygen</code>
74program, that generates cryptographic data files used by the NTPv4
75authentication and identity schemes.
76It can generate message digest keys used in symmetric key cryptography and,
77if the OpenSSL software
78library has been installed, it can generate host keys, sign keys,
79certificates, and identity keys and parameters used by the Autokey
80public key cryptography.
81The message digest keys file is generated in a
82format compatible with NTPv3.
83All other files are in PEM-encoded
84printable ASCII format so they can be embedded as MIME attachments in
85mail to other sites.
86</p>
87<p>This document applies to version 4.2.8p17 of <code>ntp-keygen</code>.
88</p>
89<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
90<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Description" accesskey="1">Description</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
91</td></tr>
92</table>
93
94<hr>
95<span id="Description"></span><div class="header">
96<p>
97Next: <a href="#Running-the-Program" accesskey="n" rel="next">Running the Program</a>, Previous: <a href="#Top" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Top</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> &nbsp; </p>
98</div>
99<span id="Description-1"></span><h2 class="chapter">1 Description</h2>
100
101<p>This program generates cryptographic data files used by the NTPv4
102authentication and identity schemes. It can generate message digest
103keys used in symmetric key cryptography and, if the OpenSSL software
104library has been installed, it can generate host keys, sign keys,
105certificates, and identity keys and parameters used by the Autokey
106public key cryptography. The message digest keys file is generated in a
107format compatible with NTPv3. All other files are in PEM-encoded
108printable ASCII format so they can be embedded as MIME attachments in
109mail to other sites.
110</p>
111<p>When used to generate message digest keys, the program produces a file
112containing ten pseudo-random printable ASCII strings suitable for the
113MD5 message digest algorithm included in the distribution.
114If the
115OpenSSL library is installed, it produces an additional ten hex-encoded
116random bit strings suitable for the SHA1 and other message digest
117algorithms.
118The message digest keys file must be distributed and stored
119using secure means beyond the scope of NTP itself.
120Besides the keys
121used for ordinary NTP associations, additional keys can be defined as
122passwords for the ntpq and ntpdc utility programs.
123</p>
124<p>The remaining generated files are compatible with other OpenSSL
125applications and other Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) resources.
126Certificates generated by this program are compatible with extant
127industry practice, although some users might find the interpretation of
128X509v3 extension fields somewhat liberal.
129However, the identity keys
130are probably not compatible with anything other than Autokey.
131</p>
132<p>Some files used by this program are encrypted using a private password.
133The <code>-p</code> option specifies the password for local encrypted files and the
134<code>-q</code> option the password for encrypted files sent to remote sites.
135If no password is specified, the host name returned by the Unix
136<code>gethostname()</code> function, normally the DNS name of the host, is used.
137</p>
138<p>The <kbd>pw</kbd> option of the <code>crypto</code> configuration command
139specifies the read password for previously encrypted local files.
140This must match the local password used by this program.
141If not specified, the host name is used.
142Thus, if files are generated by this program without password,
143they can be read back by ntpd without password, but only on the same
144host.
145</p>
146<p>Normally, encrypted files for each host are generated by that host and
147used only by that host, although exceptions exist as noted later on
148this page.
149The symmetric keys file, normally called <code>ntp.keys</code>, is
150usually installed in <code>/etc</code>.
151Other files and links are usually installed
152in <code>/usr/local/etc</code>, which is normally in a shared filesystem in
153NFS-mounted networks and cannot be changed by shared clients.
154The location of the keys directory can be changed by the keysdir
155configuration command in such cases.
156Normally, this is in <code>/etc</code>.
157</p>
158<p>This program directs commentary and error messages to the standard
159error stream <code>stderr</code> and remote files to the standard output stream
160<code>stdout</code> where they can be piped to other applications or redirected to
161files.
162The names used for generated files and links all begin with the
163string <code>ntpkey</code> and include the file type,
164generating host and filestamp,
165as described in the <a href="#Cryptographic-Data-Files">Cryptographic Data Files</a> section below.
166</p>
167<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
168<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Running-the-Program" accesskey="1">Running the Program</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
169</td></tr>
170<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="2">Invoking ntp-keygen</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
171</td></tr>
172<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Random-Seed-File" accesskey="3">Random Seed File</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
173</td></tr>
174<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#Cryptographic-Data-Files" accesskey="4">Cryptographic Data Files</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
175</td></tr>
176</table>
177
178<hr>
179<span id="Running-the-Program"></span><div class="header">
180<p>
181Next: <a href="#Random-Seed-File" accesskey="n" rel="next">Random Seed File</a>, Previous: <a href="#Description" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Description</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> &nbsp; </p>
182</div>
183<span id="Running-the-Program-1"></span><h3 class="section">1.1 Running the Program</h3>
184
185<p>To test and gain experience with Autokey concepts, log in as root and
186change to the keys directory, usually <code>/usr/local/etc</code>.
187When run for the
188first time, or if all files with names beginning <code>ntpkey</code>] have been
189removed, use the <code>ntp-keygen</code> command without arguments to generate a
190default RSA host key and matching RSA-MD5 certificate with expiration
191date one year hence.
192If run again without options, the program uses the
193existing keys and parameters and generates only a new certificate with
194new expiration date one year hence.
195</p>
196<p>Run the command on as many hosts as necessary.
197Designate one of them as the trusted host (TH) using <code>ntp-keygen</code>
198with the <code>-T</code> option and configure
199it to synchronize from reliable Internet servers.
200Then configure the other hosts to synchronize to the TH directly or indirectly.
201A certificate trail is created when Autokey asks the immediately
202ascendant host towards the TH to sign its certificate, which is then
203provided to the immediately descendant host on request.
204All group hosts should have acyclic certificate trails ending on the TH.
205</p>
206<p>The host key is used to encrypt the cookie when required and so must be
207RSA type.
208By default, the host key is also the sign key used to encrypt signatures.
209A different sign key can be assigned using the <code>-S</code> option
210and this can be either RSA or DSA type.
211By default, the signature
212message digest type is MD5, but any combination of sign key type and
213message digest type supported by the OpenSSL library can be specified
214using the <code>-c</code> option.
215</p>
216<p>The rules say cryptographic media should be generated with proventic
217filestamps, which means the host should already be synchronized before
218this program is run.
219This of course creates a chicken-and-egg problem
220when the host is started for the first time.
221Accordingly, the host time
222should be set by some other means, such as eyeball-and-wristwatch, at
223least so that the certificate lifetime is within the current year.
224After that and when the host is synchronized to a proventic source, the
225certificate should be re-generated.
226</p>
227<p>Additional information on trusted groups and identity schemes is on the
228Autokey Public-Key Authentication page.
229</p>
230<hr>
231<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation"></span><div class="header">
232<p>
233Next: <a href="#Random-Seed-File" accesskey="n" rel="next">Random Seed File</a>, Previous: <a href="#Running-the-Program" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Running the Program</a>, Up: <a href="#Description" accesskey="u" rel="up">Description</a> &nbsp; </p>
234</div>
235<span id="Invoking-ntp_002dkeygen"></span><h3 class="section">1.2 Invoking ntp-keygen</h3>
236<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen"></span>
237<span id="index-Create-a-NTP-host-key"></span>
238
239
240
241<p>This program generates cryptographic data files used by the NTPv4
242authentication and identification schemes.
243It can generate message digest keys used in symmetric key cryptography and,
244if the OpenSSL software library has been installed, it can generate host keys,
245signing keys, certificates, and identity keys and parameters used in Autokey
246public key cryptography.
247These files are used for cookie encryption,
248digital signature, and challenge/response identification algorithms
249compatible with the Internet standard security infrastructure.
250</p>
251<p>The message digest symmetric keys file is generated in a format
252compatible with NTPv3.
253All other files are in PEM-encoded printable ASCII format,
254so they can be embedded as MIME attachments in email to other sites
255and certificate authorities.
256By default, files are not encrypted.
257</p>
258<p>When used to generate message digest symmetric keys, the program
259produces a file containing ten pseudo-random printable ASCII strings
260suitable for the MD5 message digest algorithm included in the
261distribution.
262If the OpenSSL library is installed, it produces an additional ten
263hex-encoded random bit strings suitable for SHA1, AES-128-CMAC, and
264other message digest algorithms.
265The message digest symmetric keys file must be distributed and stored
266using secure means beyond the scope of NTP itself.
267Besides the keys used for ordinary NTP associations, additional keys
268can be defined as passwords for the
269<code>ntpq(1ntpqmdoc)</code>
270and
271<code>ntpdc(1ntpdcmdoc)</code>
272utility programs.
273</p>
274<p>The remaining generated files are compatible with other OpenSSL
275applications and other Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) resources.
276Certificates generated by this program are compatible with extant
277industry practice, although some users might find the interpretation of
278X509v3 extension fields somewhat liberal.
279However, the identity keys are probably not compatible with anything
280other than Autokey.
281</p>
282<p>Some files used by this program are encrypted using a private password.
283The
284<code>-p</code>
285option specifies the read password for local encrypted files and the
286<code>-q</code>
287option the write password for encrypted files sent to remote sites.
288If no password is specified, the host name returned by the Unix
289<code>hostname(1)</code>
290command, normally the DNS name of the host, is used as the the default read
291password, for convenience.
292The
293<code>ntp-keygen</code>
294program prompts for the password if it reads an encrypted file
295and the password is missing or incorrect.
296If an encrypted file is read successfully and
297no write password is specified, the read password is used
298as the write password by default.
299</p>
300<p>The
301<code>pw</code>
302option of the
303<code>crypto</code>
304<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
305configuration command specifies the read
306password for previously encrypted local files.
307This must match the local read password used by this program.
308If not specified, the host name is used.
309Thus, if files are generated by this program without an explicit password,
310they can be read back by
311<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
312without specifying an explicit password but only on the same host.
313If the write password used for encryption is specified as the host name,
314these files can be read by that host with no explicit password.
315</p>
316<p>Normally, encrypted files for each host are generated by that host and
317used only by that host, although exceptions exist as noted later on
318this page.
319The symmetric keys file, normally called
320<samp>ntp.keys</samp>,
321is usually installed in
322<samp>/etc</samp>.
323Other files and links are usually installed in
324<samp>/usr/local/etc</samp>,
325which is normally in a shared filesystem in
326NFS-mounted networks and cannot be changed by shared clients.
327In these cases, NFS clients can specify the files in another
328directory such as
329<samp>/etc</samp>
330using the
331<code>keysdir</code>
332<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
333configuration file command.
334</p>
335<p>This program directs commentary and error messages to the standard
336error stream
337<samp>stderr</samp>
338and remote files to the standard output stream
339<samp>stdout</samp>
340where they can be piped to other applications or redirected to files.
341The names used for generated files and links all begin with the
342string
343<samp>ntpkey*</samp>
344and include the file type, generating host and filestamp,
345as described in the
346<a href="#Cryptographic-Data-Files">Cryptographic Data Files</a>
347section below.
348</p>
349<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
350<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-usage" accesskey="1">ntp-keygen help/usage (<samp>--help</samp>)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
351</td></tr>
352<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-imbits" accesskey="2">imbits option (-b)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
353</td></tr>
354<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-certificate" accesskey="3">certificate option (-c)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
355</td></tr>
356<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-cipher" accesskey="4">cipher option (-C)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
357</td></tr>
358<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-id_002dkey" accesskey="5">id-key option (-e)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
359</td></tr>
360<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-gq_002dparams" accesskey="6">gq-params option (-G)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
361</td></tr>
362<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-host_002dkey" accesskey="7">host-key option (-H)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
363</td></tr>
364<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-iffkey" accesskey="8">iffkey option (-I)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
365</td></tr>
366<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-ident" accesskey="9">ident option (-i)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
367</td></tr>
368<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-lifetime">lifetime option (-l)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
369</td></tr>
370<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-modulus">modulus option (-m)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
371</td></tr>
372<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-md5key">md5key option (-M)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
373</td></tr>
374<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-pvt_002dcert">pvt-cert option (-P)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
375</td></tr>
376<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-password">password option (-p)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
377</td></tr>
378<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-export_002dpasswd">export-passwd option (-q)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
379</td></tr>
380<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-subject_002dname">subject-name option (-s)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
381</td></tr>
382<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-sign_002dkey">sign-key option (-S)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
383</td></tr>
384<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-trusted_002dcert">trusted-cert option (-T)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
385</td></tr>
386<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dparams">mv-params option (-V)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
387</td></tr>
388<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dkeys">mv-keys option (-v)</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
389</td></tr>
390<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-config">presetting/configuring ntp-keygen</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
391</td></tr>
392<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-exit-status">ntp-keygen exit status</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
393</td></tr>
394<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Usage">ntp-keygen Usage</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
395</td></tr>
396<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Notes">ntp-keygen Notes</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
397</td></tr>
398<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Bugs">ntp-keygen Bugs</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
399</td></tr>
400</table>
401
402<span id="Running-the-Program-2"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.1 Running the Program</h4>
403<p>The safest way to run the
404<code>ntp-keygen</code>
405program is logged in directly as root.
406The recommended procedure is change to the
407<kbd>keys</kbd>
408directory, usually
409<samp>/usr/local/etc</samp>,
410then run the program.
411</p>
412<p>To test and gain experience with Autokey concepts, log in as root and
413change to the
414<kbd>keys</kbd>
415directory, usually
416<samp>/usr/local/etc</samp>.
417When run for the first time, or if all files with names beginning with
418<samp>ntpkey*</samp>
419have been removed, use the
420<code>ntp-keygen</code>
421command without arguments to generate a default
422<code>RSA</code>
423host key and matching
424<code>RSA-MD5</code>
425certificate file with expiration date one year hence,
426which is all that is necessary in many cases.
427The program also generates soft links from the generic names
428to the respective files.
429If run again without options, the program uses the
430existing keys and parameters and generates a new certificate file with
431new expiration date one year hence, and soft link.
432</p>
433<p>The host key is used to encrypt the cookie when required and so must be
434<code>RSA</code>
435type.
436By default, the host key is also the sign key used to encrypt signatures.
437When necessary, a different sign key can be specified and this can be
438either
439<code>RSA</code>
440or
441<code>DSA</code>
442type.
443By default, the message digest type is
444<code>MD5</code>,
445but any combination
446of sign key type and message digest type supported by the OpenSSL library
447can be specified, including those using the
448<code>AES128CMAC</code>, <code>MD2</code>, <code>MD5</code>, <code>MDC2</code>, <code>SHA</code>, <code>SHA1</code>
449and
450<code>RIPE160</code>
451message digest algorithms.
452However, the scheme specified in the certificate must be compatible
453with the sign key.
454Certificates using any digest algorithm are compatible with
455<code>RSA</code>
456sign keys;
457however, only
458<code>SHA</code>
459and
460<code>SHA1</code>
461certificates are compatible with
462<code>DSA</code>
463sign keys.
464</p>
465<p>Private/public key files and certificates are compatible with
466other OpenSSL applications and very likely other libraries as well.
467Certificates or certificate requests derived from them should be compatible
468with extant industry practice, although some users might find
469the interpretation of X509v3 extension fields somewhat liberal.
470However, the identification parameter files, although encoded
471as the other files, are probably not compatible with anything other than Autokey.
472</p>
473<p>Running the program as other than root and using the Unix
474<code>su(1)</code>
475command
476to assume root may not work properly, since by default the OpenSSL library
477looks for the random seed file
478<samp>.rnd</samp>
479in the user home directory.
480However, there should be only one
481<samp>.rnd</samp>,
482most conveniently
483in the root directory, so it is convenient to define the
484.Ev RANDFILE
485environment variable used by the OpenSSL library as the path to
486<samp>.rnd</samp>.
487</p>
488<p>Installing the keys as root might not work in NFS-mounted
489shared file systems, as NFS clients may not be able to write
490to the shared keys directory, even as root.
491In this case, NFS clients can specify the files in another
492directory such as
493<samp>/etc</samp>
494using the
495<code>keysdir</code>
496<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
497configuration file command.
498There is no need for one client to read the keys and certificates
499of other clients or servers, as these data are obtained automatically
500by the Autokey protocol.
501</p>
502<p>Ordinarily, cryptographic files are generated by the host that uses them,
503but it is possible for a trusted agent (TA) to generate these files
504for other hosts; however, in such cases files should always be encrypted.
505The subject name and trusted name default to the hostname
506of the host generating the files, but can be changed by command line options.
507It is convenient to designate the owner name and trusted name
508as the subject and issuer fields, respectively, of the certificate.
509The owner name is also used for the host and sign key files,
510while the trusted name is used for the identity files.
511</p>
512<p>All files are installed by default in the keys directory
513<samp>/usr/local/etc</samp>,
514which is normally in a shared filesystem
515in NFS-mounted networks.
516The actual location of the keys directory
517and each file can be overridden by configuration commands,
518but this is not recommended.
519Normally, the files for each host are generated by that host
520and used only by that host, although exceptions exist
521as noted later on this page.
522</p>
523<p>Normally, files containing private values,
524including the host key, sign key and identification parameters,
525are permitted root read/write-only;
526while others containing public values are permitted world readable.
527Alternatively, files containing private values can be encrypted
528and these files permitted world readable,
529which simplifies maintenance in shared file systems.
530Since uniqueness is insured by the
531<kbd>hostname</kbd>
532and
533<kbd>filestamp</kbd>
534file name extensions, the files for an NTP server and
535dependent clients can all be installed in the same shared directory.
536</p>
537<p>The recommended practice is to keep the file name extensions
538when installing a file and to install a soft link
539from the generic names specified elsewhere on this page
540to the generated files.
541This allows new file generations to be activated simply
542by changing the link.
543If a link is present,
544<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
545follows it to the file name to extract the
546<kbd>filestamp</kbd>.
547If a link is not present,
548<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
549extracts the
550<kbd>filestamp</kbd>
551from the file itself.
552This allows clients to verify that the file and generation times
553are always current.
554The
555<code>ntp-keygen</code>
556program uses the same
557<kbd>filestamp</kbd>
558extension for all files generated
559at one time, so each generation is distinct and can be readily
560recognized in monitoring data.
561</p>
562<p>Run the command on as many hosts as necessary.
563Designate one of them as the trusted host (TH) using
564<code>ntp-keygen</code>
565with the
566<code>-T</code>
567option and configure it to synchronize from reliable Internet servers.
568Then configure the other hosts to synchronize to the TH directly or
569indirectly.
570A certificate trail is created when Autokey asks the immediately
571ascendant host towards the TH to sign its certificate, which is then
572provided to the immediately descendant host on request.
573All group hosts should have acyclic certificate trails ending on the TH.
574</p>
575<p>The host key is used to encrypt the cookie when required and so must be
576RSA type.
577By default, the host key is also the sign key used to encrypt
578signatures.
579A different sign key can be assigned using the
580<code>-S</code>
581option and this can be either
582<code>RSA</code>
583or
584<code>DSA</code>
585type.
586By default, the signature
587message digest type is
588<code>MD5</code>,
589but any combination of sign key type and
590message digest type supported by the OpenSSL library can be specified
591using the
592<code>-c</code>
593option.
594</p>
595<p>The rules say cryptographic media should be generated with proventic
596filestamps, which means the host should already be synchronized before
597this program is run.
598This of course creates a chicken-and-egg problem
599when the host is started for the first time.
600Accordingly, the host time
601should be set by some other means, such as eyeball-and-wristwatch, at
602least so that the certificate lifetime is within the current year.
603After that and when the host is synchronized to a proventic source, the
604certificate should be re-generated.
605</p>
606<p>Additional information on trusted groups and identity schemes is on the
607&ldquo;Autokey Public-Key Authentication&rdquo;
608page.
609</p>
610<p>File names begin with the prefix
611<samp>ntpkey</samp>_
612and end with the suffix
613<samp>_</samp><kbd>hostname</kbd>. <kbd>filestamp</kbd>,
614where
615<kbd>hostname</kbd>
616is the owner name, usually the string returned
617by the Unix
618<code>hostname(1)</code>
619command, and
620<kbd>filestamp</kbd>
621is the NTP seconds when the file was generated, in decimal digits.
622This both guarantees uniqueness and simplifies maintenance
623procedures, since all files can be quickly removed
624by a
625<code>rm</code> <samp>ntpkey*</samp>
626command or all files generated
627at a specific time can be removed by a
628<code>rm</code> <samp>*</samp><kbd>filestamp</kbd>
629command.
630To further reduce the risk of misconfiguration,
631the first two lines of a file contain the file name
632and generation date and time as comments.
633</p>
634<span id="Trusted-Hosts-and-Groups"></span><h4 class="subsubsection">1.2.1.1 Trusted Hosts and Groups</h4>
635<p>Each cryptographic configuration involves selection of a signature scheme
636and identification scheme, called a cryptotype,
637as explained in the
638&lsquo;Authentication Options&rsquo;
639section of
640<code>ntp.conf(5)</code>.
641The default cryptotype uses
642<code>RSA</code>
643encryption,
644<code>MD5</code>
645message digest
646and
647<code>TC</code>
648identification.
649First, configure a NTP subnet including one or more low-stratum
650trusted hosts from which all other hosts derive synchronization
651directly or indirectly.
652Trusted hosts have trusted certificates;
653all other hosts have nontrusted certificates.
654These hosts will automatically and dynamically build authoritative
655certificate trails to one or more trusted hosts.
656A trusted group is the set of all hosts that have, directly or indirectly,
657a certificate trail ending at a trusted host.
658The trail is defined by static configuration file entries
659or dynamic means described on the
660&lsquo;Automatic NTP Configuration Options&rsquo;
661section of
662<code>ntp.conf(5)</code>.
663</p>
664<p>On each trusted host as root, change to the keys directory.
665To insure a fresh fileset, remove all
666<samp>ntpkey</samp>
667files.
668Then run
669<code>ntp-keygen</code>
670<code>-T</code>
671to generate keys and a trusted certificate.
672On all other hosts do the same, but leave off the
673<code>-T</code>
674flag to generate keys and nontrusted certificates.
675When complete, start the NTP daemons beginning at the lowest stratum
676and working up the tree.
677It may take some time for Autokey to instantiate the certificate trails
678throughout the subnet, but setting up the environment is completely automatic.
679</p>
680<p>If it is necessary to use a different sign key or different digest/signature
681scheme than the default, run
682<code>ntp-keygen</code>
683with the
684<code>-S</code> <kbd>type</kbd>
685option, where
686<kbd>type</kbd>
687is either
688<code>RSA</code>
689or
690<code>DSA</code>.
691The most frequent need to do this is when a
692<code>DSA</code>-signed
693certificate is used.
694If it is necessary to use a different certificate scheme than the default,
695run
696<code>ntp-keygen</code>
697with the
698<code>-c</code> <kbd>scheme</kbd>
699option and selected
700<kbd>scheme</kbd>
701as needed.
702If
703<code>ntp-keygen</code>
704is run again without these options, it generates a new certificate
705using the same scheme and sign key, and soft link.
706</p>
707<p>After setting up the environment it is advisable to update certificates
708from time to time, if only to extend the validity interval.
709Simply run
710<code>ntp-keygen</code>
711with the same flags as before to generate new certificates
712using existing keys, and soft links.
713However, if the host or sign key is changed,
714<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
715should be restarted.
716When
717<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
718is restarted, it loads any new files and restarts the protocol.
719Other dependent hosts will continue as usual until signatures are refreshed,
720at which time the protocol is restarted.
721</p>
722<span id="Identity-Schemes"></span><h4 class="subsubsection">1.2.1.2 Identity Schemes</h4>
723<p>As mentioned on the Autonomous Authentication page,
724the default
725<code>TC</code>
726identity scheme is vulnerable to a middleman attack.
727However, there are more secure identity schemes available,
728including
729<code>PC</code>, <code>IFF</code>, <code>GQ</code>
730and
731<code>MV</code>
732schemes described below.
733These schemes are based on a TA, one or more trusted hosts
734and some number of nontrusted hosts.
735Trusted hosts prove identity using values provided by the TA,
736while the remaining hosts prove identity using values provided
737by a trusted host and certificate trails that end on that host.
738The name of a trusted host is also the name of its sugroup
739and also the subject and issuer name on its trusted certificate.
740The TA is not necessarily a trusted host in this sense, but often is.
741</p>
742<p>In some schemes there are separate keys for servers and clients.
743A server can also be a client of another server,
744but a client can never be a server for another client.
745In general, trusted hosts and nontrusted hosts that operate
746as both server and client have parameter files that contain
747both server and client keys.
748Hosts that operate
749only as clients have key files that contain only client keys.
750</p>
751<p>The PC scheme supports only one trusted host in the group.
752On trusted host alice run
753<code>ntp-keygen</code>
754<code>-P</code>
755<code>-p</code> <kbd>password</kbd>
756to generate the host key file
757<samp>ntpkey</samp>_ <code>RSA</code> <samp>key_alice.</samp> <kbd>filestamp</kbd>
758and trusted private certificate file
759<samp>ntpkey</samp>_ <code>RSA-MD5</code> <code>_</code> <samp>cert_alice.</samp> <kbd>filestamp</kbd>,
760and soft links.
761Copy both files to all group hosts;
762they replace the files which would be generated in other schemes.
763On each host
764<kbd>bob</kbd>
765install a soft link from the generic name
766<samp>ntpkey_host_</samp><kbd>bob</kbd>
767to the host key file and soft link
768<samp>ntpkey_cert_</samp><kbd>bob</kbd>
769to the private certificate file.
770Note the generic links are on bob, but point to files generated
771by trusted host alice.
772In this scheme it is not possible to refresh
773either the keys or certificates without copying them
774to all other hosts in the group, and recreating the soft links.
775</p>
776<p>For the
777<code>IFF</code>
778scheme proceed as in the
779<code>TC</code>
780scheme to generate keys
781and certificates for all group hosts, then for every trusted host in the group,
782generate the
783<code>IFF</code>
784parameter file.
785On trusted host alice run
786<code>ntp-keygen</code>
787<code>-T</code>
788<code>-I</code>
789<code>-p</code> <kbd>password</kbd>
790to produce her parameter file
791<samp>ntpkey_IFFpar_alice.</samp><kbd>filestamp</kbd>,
792which includes both server and client keys.
793Copy this file to all group hosts that operate as both servers
794and clients and install a soft link from the generic
795<samp>ntpkey_iff_alice</samp>
796to this file.
797If there are no hosts restricted to operate only as clients,
798there is nothing further to do.
799As the
800<code>IFF</code>
801scheme is independent
802of keys and certificates, these files can be refreshed as needed.
803</p>
804<p>If a rogue client has the parameter file, it could masquerade
805as a legitimate server and present a middleman threat.
806To eliminate this threat, the client keys can be extracted
807from the parameter file and distributed to all restricted clients.
808After generating the parameter file, on alice run
809<code>ntp-keygen</code>
810<code>-e</code>
811and pipe the output to a file or email program.
812Copy or email this file to all restricted clients.
813On these clients install a soft link from the generic
814<samp>ntpkey_iff_alice</samp>
815to this file.
816To further protect the integrity of the keys,
817each file can be encrypted with a secret password.
818</p>
819<p>For the
820<code>GQ</code>
821scheme proceed as in the
822<code>TC</code>
823scheme to generate keys
824and certificates for all group hosts, then for every trusted host
825in the group, generate the
826<code>IFF</code>
827parameter file.
828On trusted host alice run
829<code>ntp-keygen</code>
830<code>-T</code>
831<code>-G</code>
832<code>-p</code> <kbd>password</kbd>
833to produce her parameter file
834<samp>ntpkey_GQpar_alice.</samp><kbd>filestamp</kbd>,
835which includes both server and client keys.
836Copy this file to all group hosts and install a soft link
837from the generic
838<samp>ntpkey_gq_alice</samp>
839to this file.
840In addition, on each host
841<kbd>bob</kbd>
842install a soft link
843from generic
844<samp>ntpkey_gq_</samp><kbd>bob</kbd>
845to this file.
846As the
847<code>GQ</code>
848scheme updates the
849<code>GQ</code>
850parameters file and certificate
851at the same time, keys and certificates can be regenerated as needed.
852</p>
853<p>For the
854<code>MV</code>
855scheme, proceed as in the
856<code>TC</code>
857scheme to generate keys
858and certificates for all group hosts.
859For illustration assume trish is the TA, alice one of several trusted hosts
860and bob one of her clients.
861On TA trish run
862<code>ntp-keygen</code>
863<code>-V</code> <kbd>n</kbd>
864<code>-p</code> <kbd>password</kbd>,
865where
866<kbd>n</kbd>
867is the number of revokable keys (typically 5) to produce
868the parameter file
869<samp>ntpkeys_MVpar_trish.</samp><kbd>filestamp</kbd>
870and client key files
871<samp>ntpkeys_MVkey</samp><kbd>d</kbd> <kbd>_</kbd> <samp>trish.</samp> <kbd>filestamp</kbd>
872where
873<kbd>d</kbd>
874is the key number (0 &lt;
875<kbd>d</kbd>
876&lt;
877<kbd>n</kbd>).
878Copy the parameter file to alice and install a soft link
879from the generic
880<samp>ntpkey_mv_alice</samp>
881to this file.
882Copy one of the client key files to alice for later distribution
883to her clients.
884It does not matter which client key file goes to alice,
885since they all work the same way.
886Alice copies the client key file to all of her clients.
887On client bob install a soft link from generic
888<samp>ntpkey_mvkey_bob</samp>
889to the client key file.
890As the
891<code>MV</code>
892scheme is independent of keys and certificates,
893these files can be refreshed as needed.
894</p>
895<span id="Command-Line-Options"></span><h4 class="subsubsection">1.2.1.3 Command Line Options</h4>
896<dl compact="compact">
897<dt><code>-b</code> <code>--imbits</code>= <kbd>modulus</kbd></dt>
898<dd><p>Set the number of bits in the identity modulus for generating identity keys to
899<kbd>modulus</kbd>
900bits.
901The number of bits in the identity modulus defaults to 256, but can be set to
902values from 256 to 2048 (32 to 256 octets).
903Use the larger moduli with caution, as this can consume considerable computing
904resources and increases the size of authenticated packets.
905</p></dd>
906<dt><code>-c</code> <code>--certificate</code>= <kbd>scheme</kbd></dt>
907<dd><p>Select certificate signature encryption/message digest scheme.
908The
909<kbd>scheme</kbd>
910can be one of the following:
911<code>RSA-MD2</code>, <code>RSA-MD5</code>, <code>RSA-MDC2</code>, <code>RSA-SHA</code>, <code>RSA-SHA1</code>, <code>RSA-RIPEMD160</code>, <code>DSA-SHA</code>,
912or
913<code>DSA-SHA1</code>.
914Note that
915<code>RSA</code>
916schemes must be used with an
917<code>RSA</code>
918sign key and
919<code>DSA</code>
920schemes must be used with a
921<code>DSA</code>
922sign key.
923The default without this option is
924<code>RSA-MD5</code>.
925If compatibility with FIPS 140-2 is required, either the
926<code>DSA-SHA</code>
927or
928<code>DSA-SHA1</code>
929scheme must be used.
930</p></dd>
931<dt><code>-C</code> <code>--cipher</code>= <kbd>cipher</kbd></dt>
932<dd><p>Select the OpenSSL cipher to encrypt the files containing private keys.
933The default without this option is three-key triple DES in CBC mode,
934<code>des-ede3-cbc</code>.
935The
936<code>openssl</code> <code>-h</code>
937command provided with OpenSSL displays available ciphers.
938</p></dd>
939<dt><code>-d</code> <code>--debug-level</code></dt>
940<dd><p>Increase debugging verbosity level.
941This option displays the cryptographic data produced in eye-friendly billboards.
942</p></dd>
943<dt><code>-D</code> <code>--set-debug-level</code>= <kbd>level</kbd></dt>
944<dd><p>Set the debugging verbosity to
945<kbd>level</kbd>.
946This option displays the cryptographic data produced in eye-friendly billboards.
947</p></dd>
948<dt><code>-e</code> <code>--id-key</code></dt>
949<dd><p>Write the
950<code>IFF</code>
951or
952<code>GQ</code>
953public parameters from the
954<kbd>IFFkey</kbd> <kbd>or</kbd> <kbd>GQkey</kbd>
955client keys file previously specified
956as unencrypted data to the standard output stream
957<samp>stdout</samp>.
958This is intended for automatic key distribution by email.
959</p></dd>
960<dt><code>-G</code> <code>--gq-params</code></dt>
961<dd><p>Generate a new encrypted
962<code>GQ</code>
963parameters and key file for the Guillou-Quisquater (GQ) identity scheme.
964This option is mutually exclusive with the
965<code>-I</code>
966and
967<code>-V</code>
968options.
969</p></dd>
970<dt><code>-H</code> <code>--host-key</code></dt>
971<dd><p>Generate a new encrypted
972<code>RSA</code>
973public/private host key file.
974</p></dd>
975<dt><code>-I</code> <code>--iffkey</code></dt>
976<dd><p>Generate a new encrypted
977<code>IFF</code>
978key file for the Schnorr (IFF) identity scheme.
979This option is mutually exclusive with the
980<code>-G</code>
981and
982Fl V
983options.
984</p></dd>
985<dt><code>-i</code> <code>--ident</code>= <kbd>group</kbd></dt>
986<dd><p>Set the optional Autokey group name to
987<kbd>group</kbd>.
988This is used in the identity scheme parameter file names of
989<code>IFF</code>, <code>GQ</code>,
990and
991<code>MV</code>
992client parameters files.
993In that role, the default is the host name if no group is provided.
994The group name, if specified using
995<code>-i</code>
996or
997<code>-s</code>
998following an
999&lsquo;@&rsquo;
1000character, is also used in certificate subject and issuer names in the form
1001<kbd>host</kbd> <kbd>@</kbd> <kbd>group</kbd>
1002and should match the group specified via
1003<code>crypto</code> <code>ident</code>
1004or
1005<code>server</code> <code>ident</code>
1006in the ntpd configuration file.
1007</p></dd>
1008<dt><code>-l</code> <code>--lifetime</code>= <kbd>days</kbd></dt>
1009<dd><p>Set the lifetime for certificate expiration to
1010<kbd>days</kbd>.
1011The default lifetime is one year (365 days).
1012</p></dd>
1013<dt><code>-m</code> <code>--modulus</code>= <kbd>bits</kbd></dt>
1014<dd><p>Set the number of bits in the prime modulus for generating files to
1015<kbd>bits</kbd>.
1016The modulus defaults to 512, but can be set from 256 to 2048 (32 to 256 octets).
1017Use the larger moduli with caution, as this can consume considerable computing
1018resources and increases the size of authenticated packets.
1019</p></dd>
1020<dt><code>-M</code> <code>--md5key</code></dt>
1021<dd><p>Generate a new symmetric keys file containing 10
1022<code>MD5</code>
1023keys, and if OpenSSL is available, 10
1024<code>SHA</code>
1025keys.
1026An
1027<code>MD5</code>
1028key is a string of 20 random printable ASCII characters, while a
1029<code>SHA</code>
1030key is a string of 40 random hex digits.
1031The file can be edited using a text editor to change the key type or key content.
1032This option is mutually exclusive with all other options.
1033</p></dd>
1034<dt><code>-p</code> <code>--password</code>= <kbd>passwd</kbd></dt>
1035<dd><p>Set the password for reading and writing encrypted files to
1036<kbd>passwd</kbd>.
1037These include the host, sign and identify key files.
1038By default, the password is the string returned by the Unix
1039<code>hostname</code>
1040command.
1041</p></dd>
1042<dt><code>-P</code> <code>--pvt-cert</code></dt>
1043<dd><p>Generate a new private certificate used by the
1044<code>PC</code>
1045identity scheme.
1046By default, the program generates public certificates.
1047Note: the PC identity scheme is not recommended for new installations.
1048</p></dd>
1049<dt><code>-q</code> <code>--export-passwd</code>= <kbd>passwd</kbd></dt>
1050<dd><p>Set the password for writing encrypted
1051<code>IFF</code>, <code>GQ</code> <code>and</code> <code>MV</code>
1052identity files redirected to
1053<samp>stdout</samp>
1054to
1055<kbd>passwd</kbd>.
1056In effect, these files are decrypted with the
1057<code>-p</code>
1058password, then encrypted with the
1059<code>-q</code>
1060password.
1061By default, the password is the string returned by the Unix
1062<code>hostname</code>
1063command.
1064</p></dd>
1065<dt><code>-s</code> <code>--subject-key</code>= <code>[host]</code> <code>[@ <kbd>group</kbd>]</code></dt>
1066<dd><p>Specify the Autokey host name, where
1067<kbd>host</kbd>
1068is the optional host name and
1069<kbd>group</kbd>
1070is the optional group name.
1071The host name, and if provided, group name are used in
1072<kbd>host</kbd> <kbd>@</kbd> <kbd>group</kbd>
1073form as certificate subject and issuer.
1074Specifying
1075<code>-s</code> <code>-@</code> <kbd>group</kbd>
1076is allowed, and results in leaving the host name unchanged, as with
1077<code>-i</code> <kbd>group</kbd>.
1078The group name, or if no group is provided, the host name are also used in the
1079file names of
1080<code>IFF</code>, <code>GQ</code>,
1081and
1082<code>MV</code>
1083identity scheme client parameter files.
1084If
1085<kbd>host</kbd>
1086is not specified, the default host name is the string returned by the Unix
1087<code>hostname</code>
1088command.
1089</p></dd>
1090<dt><code>-S</code> <code>--sign-key</code>= <code>[<code>RSA</code> | <code>DSA</code>]</code></dt>
1091<dd><p>Generate a new encrypted public/private sign key file of the specified type.
1092By default, the sign key is the host key and has the same type.
1093If compatibility with FIPS 140-2 is required, the sign key type must be
1094<code>DSA</code>.
1095</p></dd>
1096<dt><code>-T</code> <code>--trusted-cert</code></dt>
1097<dd><p>Generate a trusted certificate.
1098By default, the program generates a non-trusted certificate.
1099</p></dd>
1100<dt><code>-V</code> <code>--mv-params</code> <kbd>nkeys</kbd></dt>
1101<dd><p>Generate
1102<kbd>nkeys</kbd>
1103encrypted server keys and parameters for the Mu-Varadharajan (MV)
1104identity scheme.
1105This option is mutually exclusive with the
1106<code>-I</code>
1107and
1108<code>-G</code>
1109options.
1110Note: support for this option should be considered a work in progress.
1111</p></dd>
1112</dl>
1113
1114<span id="Random-Seed-File-1"></span><h4 class="subsubsection">1.2.1.4 Random Seed File</h4>
1115<p>All cryptographically sound key generation schemes must have means
1116to randomize the entropy seed used to initialize
1117the internal pseudo-random number generator used
1118by the library routines.
1119The OpenSSL library uses a designated random seed file for this purpose.
1120The file must be available when starting the NTP daemon and
1121<code>ntp-keygen</code>
1122program.
1123If a site supports OpenSSL or its companion OpenSSH,
1124it is very likely that means to do this are already available.
1125</p>
1126<p>It is important to understand that entropy must be evolved
1127for each generation, for otherwise the random number sequence
1128would be predictable.
1129Various means dependent on external events, such as keystroke intervals,
1130can be used to do this and some systems have built-in entropy sources.
1131Suitable means are described in the OpenSSL software documentation,
1132but are outside the scope of this page.
1133</p>
1134<p>The entropy seed used by the OpenSSL library is contained in a file,
1135usually called
1136<samp>.rnd</samp>,
1137which must be available when starting the NTP daemon
1138or the
1139<code>ntp-keygen</code>
1140program.
1141The NTP daemon will first look for the file
1142using the path specified by the
1143<code>randfile</code>
1144subcommand of the
1145<code>crypto</code>
1146configuration command.
1147If not specified in this way, or when starting the
1148<code>ntp-keygen</code>
1149program,
1150the OpenSSL library will look for the file using the path specified
1151by the
1152.Ev RANDFILE
1153environment variable in the user home directory,
1154whether root or some other user.
1155If the
1156.Ev RANDFILE
1157environment variable is not present,
1158the library will look for the
1159<samp>.rnd</samp>
1160file in the user home directory.
1161Since both the
1162<code>ntp-keygen</code>
1163program and
1164<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
1165daemon must run as root, the logical place to put this file is in
1166<samp>/.rnd</samp>
1167or
1168<samp>/root/.rnd</samp>.
1169If the file is not available or cannot be written,
1170the daemon exits with a message to the system log and the program
1171exits with a suitable error message.
1172</p>
1173<span id="Cryptographic-Data-Files-1"></span><h4 class="subsubsection">1.2.1.5 Cryptographic Data Files</h4>
1174<p>All file formats begin with two nonencrypted lines.
1175The first line contains the file name, including the generated host name
1176and filestamp, in the format
1177<samp>ntpkey_</samp><kbd>key</kbd> <kbd>_</kbd> <kbd>name</kbd>. <kbd>filestamp</kbd>,
1178where
1179<kbd>key</kbd>
1180is the key or parameter type,
1181<kbd>name</kbd>
1182is the host or group name and
1183<kbd>filestamp</kbd>
1184is the filestamp (NTP seconds) when the file was created.
1185By convention,
1186<kbd>key</kbd>
1187names in generated file names include both upper and lower case
1188characters, while
1189<kbd>key</kbd>
1190names in generated link names include only lower case characters.
1191The filestamp is not used in generated link names.
1192The second line contains the datestamp in conventional Unix
1193<samp>date</samp>
1194format.
1195Lines beginning with
1196&lsquo;#&rsquo;
1197are considered comments and ignored by the
1198<code>ntp-keygen</code>
1199program and
1200<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
1201daemon.
1202</p>
1203<p>The remainder of the file contains cryptographic data, encoded first using ASN.1
1204rules, then encrypted if necessary, and finally written in PEM-encoded
1205printable ASCII text, preceded and followed by MIME content identifier lines.
1206</p>
1207<p>The format of the symmetric keys file, ordinarily named
1208<samp>ntp.keys</samp>,
1209is somewhat different than the other files in the interest of backward compatibility.
1210Ordinarily, the file is generated by this program, but it can be constructed
1211and edited using an ordinary text editor.
1212</p><pre class="verbatim"># ntpkey_MD5key_bk.ntp.org.3595864945
1213# Thu Dec 12 19:22:25 2013
1214
12151  MD5 L&quot;;Nw&lt;\`.I&lt;f4U0)247&quot;i  # MD5 key
12162  MD5 &amp;&gt;l0%XXK9O'51VwV&lt;xq~  # MD5 key
12173  MD5 lb4zLW~d^!K:]RsD'qb6  # MD5 key
12184  MD5 Yue:tL[+vR)M\`n~bY,'?  # MD5 key
12195  MD5 B;fx'Kgr/&amp;4ZTbL6=RxA  # MD5 key
12206  MD5 4eYwa\`o@}3i@@@@V@@..R9!l  # MD5 key
12217  MD5 \`A.([h+;wTQ|xfi%Sn_!  # MD5 key
12228  MD5 45:V,r4]l6y^JH6&quot;Sh?F  # MD5 key
12239  MD5 3-5vcn*6l29DS?Xdsg)*  # MD5 key
122410 MD5 2late4Me              # MD5 key
122511 SHA1 a27872d3030a9025b8446c751b4551a7629af65c  # SHA1 key
122612 SHA1 21bc3b4865dbb9e920902abdccb3e04ff97a5e74  # SHA1 key
122713 SHA1 2b7736fe24fef5ba85ae11594132ab5d6f6daba9  # SHA1 key
122814 SHA  a5332809c8878dd3a5b918819108a111509aeceb  # SHA  key
122915 MD2  2fe16c88c760ff2f16d4267e36c1aa6c926e6964  # MD2  key
123016 MD4  b2691811dc19cfc0e2f9bcacd74213f29812183d  # MD4  key
123117 MD5  e4d6735b8bdad58ec5ffcb087300a17f7fef1f7c  # MD5  key
123218 MDC2 a8d5e2315c025bf3a79174c87fbd10477de2eabc  # MDC2 key
123319 RIPEMD160 77ca332cafb30e3cafb174dcd5b80ded7ba9b3d2  # RIPEMD160 key
123420 AES128CMAC f92ff73eee86c1e7dc638d6489a04e4e555af878  # AES128CMAC key
1235</pre><div class="example">
1236<pre class="example">Figure 1. Typical Symmetric Key File
1237</pre></div>
1238
1239<p>Figure 1 shows a typical symmetric keys file used by the reference
1240implementation.
1241Following the header the keys are entered one per line in the format
1242</p><div class="example">
1243<pre class="example"><kbd>keyno</kbd> <kbd>type</kbd> <kbd>key</kbd>
1244</pre></div>
1245<p>where
1246<kbd>keyno</kbd>
1247is a positive integer in the range 1-65535;
1248<kbd>type</kbd>
1249is the key type for the message digest algorithm, which in the absence of the
1250OpenSSL library must be
1251<code>MD5</code>
1252to designate the MD5 message digest algorithm;
1253if the OpenSSL library is installed, the key type can be any
1254message digest algorithm supported by that library;
1255however, if compatibility with FIPS 140-2 is required,
1256the key type must be either
1257<code>SHA</code>
1258or
1259<code>SHA1</code>;
1260<kbd>key</kbd>
1261is the key itself,
1262which is a printable ASCII string 20 characters or less in length:
1263each character is chosen from the 93 printable characters
1264in the range 0x21 through 0x7e (
1265&lsquo;&rsquo;!
1266through
1267&lsquo;~&rsquo;
1268) excluding space and the
1269&lsquo;#&rsquo;
1270character, and terminated by whitespace or a
1271&lsquo;#&rsquo;
1272character.
1273An OpenSSL key consists of a hex-encoded ASCII string of 40 characters, which
1274is truncated as necessary.
1275</p>
1276<p>Note that the keys used by the
1277<code>ntpq(1ntpqmdoc)</code>
1278and
1279<code>ntpdc(1ntpdcmdoc)</code>
1280programs
1281are checked against passwords requested by the programs
1282and entered by hand, so it is generally appropriate to specify these keys
1283in human readable ASCII format.
1284</p>
1285<p>The
1286<code>ntp-keygen</code>
1287program generates a symmetric keys file
1288<samp>ntpkey_MD5key_</samp><kbd>hostname</kbd>. <kbd>filestamp</kbd>.
1289Since the file contains private shared keys,
1290it should be visible only to root and distributed by secure means
1291to other subnet hosts.
1292The NTP daemon loads the file
1293<samp>ntp.keys</samp>,
1294so
1295<code>ntp-keygen</code>
1296installs a soft link from this name to the generated file.
1297Subsequently, similar soft links must be installed by manual
1298or automated means on the other subnet hosts.
1299While this file is not used with the Autokey Version 2 protocol,
1300it is needed to authenticate some remote configuration commands
1301used by the
1302<code>ntpq(1ntpqmdoc)</code>
1303and
1304<code>ntpdc(1ntpdcmdoc)</code>
1305utilities.
1306</p>
1307<p>This section was generated by <strong>AutoGen</strong>,
1308using the <code>agtexi-cmd</code> template and the option descriptions for the <code>ntp-keygen</code> program.
1309This software is released under the NTP license, &lt;http://ntp.org/license&gt;.
1310</p>
1311<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
1312<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-usage" accesskey="1">ntp-keygen usage</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">ntp-keygen help/usage (<samp>--help</samp>)
1313</td></tr>
1314<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-imbits" accesskey="2">ntp-keygen imbits</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">imbits option (-b)
1315</td></tr>
1316<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-certificate" accesskey="3">ntp-keygen certificate</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">certificate option (-c)
1317</td></tr>
1318<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-cipher" accesskey="4">ntp-keygen cipher</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">cipher option (-C)
1319</td></tr>
1320<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-id_002dkey" accesskey="5">ntp-keygen id-key</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">id-key option (-e)
1321</td></tr>
1322<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-gq_002dparams" accesskey="6">ntp-keygen gq-params</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">gq-params option (-G)
1323</td></tr>
1324<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-host_002dkey" accesskey="7">ntp-keygen host-key</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">host-key option (-H)
1325</td></tr>
1326<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-iffkey" accesskey="8">ntp-keygen iffkey</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">iffkey option (-I)
1327</td></tr>
1328<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-ident" accesskey="9">ntp-keygen ident</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">ident option (-i)
1329</td></tr>
1330<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-lifetime">ntp-keygen lifetime</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">lifetime option (-l)
1331</td></tr>
1332<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-modulus">ntp-keygen modulus</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">modulus option (-m)
1333</td></tr>
1334<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-md5key">ntp-keygen md5key</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">md5key option (-M)
1335</td></tr>
1336<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-pvt_002dcert">ntp-keygen pvt-cert</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">pvt-cert option (-P)
1337</td></tr>
1338<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-password">ntp-keygen password</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">password option (-p)
1339</td></tr>
1340<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-export_002dpasswd">ntp-keygen export-passwd</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">export-passwd option (-q)
1341</td></tr>
1342<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-subject_002dname">ntp-keygen subject-name</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">subject-name option (-s)
1343</td></tr>
1344<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-sign_002dkey">ntp-keygen sign-key</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">sign-key option (-S)
1345</td></tr>
1346<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-trusted_002dcert">ntp-keygen trusted-cert</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">trusted-cert option (-T)
1347</td></tr>
1348<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dparams">ntp-keygen mv-params</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">mv-params option (-V)
1349</td></tr>
1350<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dkeys">ntp-keygen mv-keys</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">mv-keys option (-v)
1351</td></tr>
1352<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-config">ntp-keygen config</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">presetting/configuring ntp-keygen
1353</td></tr>
1354<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-exit-status">ntp-keygen exit status</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">exit status
1355</td></tr>
1356<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Usage">ntp-keygen Usage</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Usage
1357</td></tr>
1358<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Notes">ntp-keygen Notes</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Notes
1359</td></tr>
1360<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Bugs">ntp-keygen Bugs</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Bugs
1361</td></tr>
1362</table>
1363
1364<hr>
1365<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-usage"></span><div class="header">
1366<p>
1367Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-imbits" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen imbits</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1368</div>
1369<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-help_002fusage-_0028_002d_002dhelp_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.2 ntp-keygen help/usage (<samp>--help</samp>)</h4>
1370<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen-help"></span>
1371
1372<p>This is the automatically generated usage text for ntp-keygen.
1373</p>
1374<p>The text printed is the same whether selected with the <code>help</code> option
1375(<samp>--help</samp>) or the <code>more-help</code> option (<samp>--more-help</samp>).  <code>more-help</code> will print
1376the usage text by passing it through a pager program.
1377<code>more-help</code> is disabled on platforms without a working
1378<code>fork(2)</code> function.  The <code>PAGER</code> environment variable is
1379used to select the program, defaulting to <samp>more</samp>.  Both will exit
1380with a status code of 0.
1381</p>
1382<div class="example">
1383<pre class="example">ntp-keygen (ntp) - Create a NTP host key - Ver. 4.2.8p17
1384Usage:  ntp-keygen [ -&lt;flag&gt; [&lt;val&gt;] | --&lt;name&gt;[{=| }&lt;val&gt;] ]...
1385  Flg Arg Option-Name    Description
1386   -b Num imbits         identity modulus bits
1387                                - it must be in the range:
1388                                  256 to 2048
1389   -c Str certificate    certificate scheme
1390   -C Str cipher         privatekey cipher
1391   -d no  debug-level    Increase debug verbosity level
1392                                - may appear multiple times
1393   -D Num set-debug-level Set the debug verbosity level
1394                                - may appear multiple times
1395   -e no  id-key         Write IFF or GQ identity keys
1396   -G no  gq-params      Generate GQ parameters and keys
1397   -H no  host-key       generate RSA host key
1398   -I no  iffkey         generate IFF parameters
1399   -i Str ident          set Autokey group name
1400   -l Num lifetime       set certificate lifetime
1401   -m Num modulus        prime modulus
1402                                - it must be in the range:
1403                                  256 to 2048
1404   -M no  md5key         generate symmetric keys
1405   -P no  pvt-cert       generate PC private certificate
1406   -p Str password       local private password
1407   -q Str export-passwd  export IFF or GQ group keys with password
1408   -s Str subject-name   set host and optionally group name
1409   -S Str sign-key       generate sign key (RSA or DSA)
1410   -T no  trusted-cert   trusted certificate (TC scheme)
1411   -V Num mv-params      generate &lt;num&gt; MV parameters
1412   -v Num mv-keys        update &lt;num&gt; MV keys
1413      opt version        output version information and exit
1414   -? no  help           display extended usage information and exit
1415   -! no  more-help      extended usage information passed thru pager
1416   -&gt; opt save-opts      save the option state to a config file
1417   -&lt; Str load-opts      load options from a config file
1418                                - disabled as '--no-load-opts'
1419                                - may appear multiple times
1420
1421Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name or by a single
1422hyphen and the flag character.
1423
1424
1425The following option preset mechanisms are supported:
1426 - reading file $HOME/.ntprc
1427 - reading file ./.ntprc
1428 - examining environment variables named NTP_KEYGEN_*
1429
1430Please send bug reports to:  &lt;https://bugs.ntp.org, bugs@ntp.org&gt;
1431</pre></div>
1432
1433<hr>
1434<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-imbits"></span><div class="header">
1435<p>
1436Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-certificate" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen certificate</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-usage" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen usage</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1437</div>
1438<span id="imbits-option-_0028_002db_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.3 imbits option (-b)</h4>
1439<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dimbits"></span>
1440
1441<p>This is the &ldquo;identity modulus bits&rdquo; option.
1442This option takes a number argument <samp>imbits</samp>.
1443</p>
1444<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1445</p><ul>
1446<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1447</li></ul>
1448
1449<p>The number of bits in the identity modulus.  The default is 512.
1450</p><hr>
1451<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-certificate"></span><div class="header">
1452<p>
1453Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-cipher" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen cipher</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-imbits" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen imbits</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1454</div>
1455<span id="certificate-option-_0028_002dc_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.4 certificate option (-c)</h4>
1456<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dcertificate"></span>
1457
1458<p>This is the &ldquo;certificate scheme&rdquo; option.
1459This option takes a string argument <samp>scheme</samp>.
1460</p>
1461<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1462</p><ul>
1463<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1464</li></ul>
1465
1466<p>scheme is one of
1467RSA-MD2, RSA-MD5, RSA-MDC2, RSA-SHA, RSA-SHA1, RSA-RIPEMD160,
1468DSA-SHA, or DSA-SHA1.
1469</p>
1470<p>Select the certificate signature encryption/message digest scheme.
1471Note that RSA schemes must be used with a RSA sign key and DSA
1472schemes must be used with a DSA sign key.  The default without
1473this option is RSA-MD5.
1474</p><hr>
1475<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-cipher"></span><div class="header">
1476<p>
1477Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-id_002dkey" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen id-key</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-certificate" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen certificate</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1478</div>
1479<span id="cipher-option-_0028_002dC_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.5 cipher option (-C)</h4>
1480<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dcipher"></span>
1481
1482<p>This is the &ldquo;privatekey cipher&rdquo; option.
1483This option takes a string argument <samp>cipher</samp>.
1484</p>
1485<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1486</p><ul>
1487<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1488</li></ul>
1489
1490<p>Select the cipher which is used to encrypt the files containing
1491private keys.  The default is three-key triple DES in CBC mode,
1492equivalent to &quot;<code>-C des-ede3-cbc</code>&quot;.  The openssl tool lists ciphers
1493available in &quot;<code>openssl -h</code>&quot; output.
1494</p><hr>
1495<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-id_002dkey"></span><div class="header">
1496<p>
1497Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-gq_002dparams" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen gq-params</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-cipher" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen cipher</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1498</div>
1499<span id="id_002dkey-option-_0028_002de_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.6 id-key option (-e)</h4>
1500<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002did_002dkey"></span>
1501
1502<p>This is the &ldquo;write iff or gq identity keys&rdquo; option.
1503</p>
1504<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1505</p><ul>
1506<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1507</li></ul>
1508
1509<p>Write the public parameters from the IFF or GQ client keys to
1510the standard output.
1511This is intended for automatic key distribution by email.
1512</p><hr>
1513<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-gq_002dparams"></span><div class="header">
1514<p>
1515Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-host_002dkey" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen host-key</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-id_002dkey" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen id-key</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1516</div>
1517<span id="gq_002dparams-option-_0028_002dG_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.7 gq-params option (-G)</h4>
1518<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dgq_002dparams"></span>
1519
1520<p>This is the &ldquo;generate gq parameters and keys&rdquo; option.
1521</p>
1522<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1523</p><ul>
1524<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1525</li></ul>
1526
1527<p>Generate parameters and keys for the GQ identification scheme,
1528obsoleting any that may exist.
1529</p><hr>
1530<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-host_002dkey"></span><div class="header">
1531<p>
1532Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-iffkey" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen iffkey</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-gq_002dparams" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen gq-params</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1533</div>
1534<span id="host_002dkey-option-_0028_002dH_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.8 host-key option (-H)</h4>
1535<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dhost_002dkey"></span>
1536
1537<p>This is the &ldquo;generate rsa host key&rdquo; option.
1538</p>
1539<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1540</p><ul>
1541<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1542</li></ul>
1543
1544<p>Generate new host keys, obsoleting any that may exist.
1545</p><hr>
1546<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-iffkey"></span><div class="header">
1547<p>
1548Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-ident" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen ident</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-host_002dkey" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen host-key</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1549</div>
1550<span id="iffkey-option-_0028_002dI_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.9 iffkey option (-I)</h4>
1551<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002diffkey"></span>
1552
1553<p>This is the &ldquo;generate iff parameters&rdquo; option.
1554</p>
1555<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1556</p><ul>
1557<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1558</li></ul>
1559
1560<p>Generate parameters for the IFF identification scheme, obsoleting
1561any that may exist.
1562</p><hr>
1563<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-ident"></span><div class="header">
1564<p>
1565Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-lifetime" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen lifetime</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-iffkey" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen iffkey</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1566</div>
1567<span id="ident-option-_0028_002di_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.10 ident option (-i)</h4>
1568<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dident"></span>
1569
1570<p>This is the &ldquo;set autokey group name&rdquo; option.
1571This option takes a string argument <samp>group</samp>.
1572</p>
1573<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1574</p><ul>
1575<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1576</li></ul>
1577
1578<p>Set the optional Autokey group name to name.  This is used in
1579the file name of IFF, GQ, and MV client parameters files.  In
1580that role, the default is the host name if this option is not
1581provided.  The group name, if specified using <code>-i/--ident</code> or
1582using <code>-s/--subject-name</code> following an &rsquo;<code>@</code>&rsquo; character,
1583is also a part of the self-signed host certificate subject and
1584issuer names in the form <code>host@group</code> and should match the
1585&rsquo;<code>crypto ident</code>&rsquo; or &rsquo;<code>server ident</code>&rsquo; configuration in the
1586<code>ntpd</code> configuration file.
1587</p><hr>
1588<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-lifetime"></span><div class="header">
1589<p>
1590Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-modulus" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen modulus</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-ident" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen ident</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1591</div>
1592<span id="lifetime-option-_0028_002dl_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.11 lifetime option (-l)</h4>
1593<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dlifetime"></span>
1594
1595<p>This is the &ldquo;set certificate lifetime&rdquo; option.
1596This option takes a number argument <samp>lifetime</samp>.
1597</p>
1598<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1599</p><ul>
1600<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1601</li></ul>
1602
1603<p>Set the certificate expiration to lifetime days from now.
1604</p><hr>
1605<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-modulus"></span><div class="header">
1606<p>
1607Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-md5key" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen md5key</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-lifetime" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen lifetime</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1608</div>
1609<span id="modulus-option-_0028_002dm_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.12 modulus option (-m)</h4>
1610<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dmodulus"></span>
1611
1612<p>This is the &ldquo;prime modulus&rdquo; option.
1613This option takes a number argument <samp>modulus</samp>.
1614</p>
1615<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1616</p><ul>
1617<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1618</li></ul>
1619
1620<p>The number of bits in the prime modulus.  The default is 512.
1621</p><hr>
1622<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-md5key"></span><div class="header">
1623<p>
1624Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-pvt_002dcert" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen pvt-cert</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-modulus" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen modulus</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1625</div>
1626<span id="md5key-option-_0028_002dM_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.13 md5key option (-M)</h4>
1627<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dmd5key"></span>
1628
1629<p>This is the &ldquo;generate symmetric keys&rdquo; option.
1630Generate symmetric keys, obsoleting any that may exist.
1631</p><hr>
1632<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-pvt_002dcert"></span><div class="header">
1633<p>
1634Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-password" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen password</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-md5key" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen md5key</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1635</div>
1636<span id="pvt_002dcert-option-_0028_002dP_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.14 pvt-cert option (-P)</h4>
1637<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dpvt_002dcert"></span>
1638
1639<p>This is the &ldquo;generate pc private certificate&rdquo; option.
1640</p>
1641<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1642</p><ul>
1643<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1644</li></ul>
1645
1646<p>Generate a private certificate.  By default, the program generates
1647public certificates.
1648</p><hr>
1649<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-password"></span><div class="header">
1650<p>
1651Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-export_002dpasswd" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen export-passwd</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-pvt_002dcert" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen pvt-cert</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1652</div>
1653<span id="password-option-_0028_002dp_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.15 password option (-p)</h4>
1654<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dpassword"></span>
1655
1656<p>This is the &ldquo;local private password&rdquo; option.
1657This option takes a string argument <samp>passwd</samp>.
1658</p>
1659<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1660</p><ul>
1661<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1662</li></ul>
1663
1664<p>Local files containing private data are encrypted with the
1665DES-CBC algorithm and the specified password.  The same password
1666must be specified to the local ntpd via the &quot;crypto pw password&quot;
1667configuration command.  The default password is the local
1668hostname.
1669</p><hr>
1670<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-export_002dpasswd"></span><div class="header">
1671<p>
1672Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-subject_002dname" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen subject-name</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-password" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen password</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1673</div>
1674<span id="export_002dpasswd-option-_0028_002dq_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.16 export-passwd option (-q)</h4>
1675<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dexport_002dpasswd"></span>
1676
1677<p>This is the &ldquo;export iff or gq group keys with password&rdquo; option.
1678This option takes a string argument <samp>passwd</samp>.
1679</p>
1680<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1681</p><ul>
1682<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1683</li></ul>
1684
1685<p>Export IFF or GQ identity group keys to the standard output,
1686encrypted with the DES-CBC algorithm and the specified password.
1687The same password must be specified to the remote ntpd via the
1688&quot;crypto pw password&quot; configuration command.  See also the option
1689&ndash;id-key (-e) for unencrypted exports.
1690</p><hr>
1691<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-subject_002dname"></span><div class="header">
1692<p>
1693Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-sign_002dkey" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen sign-key</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-export_002dpasswd" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen export-passwd</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1694</div>
1695<span id="subject_002dname-option-_0028_002ds_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.17 subject-name option (-s)</h4>
1696<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dsubject_002dname"></span>
1697
1698<p>This is the &ldquo;set host and optionally group name&rdquo; option.
1699This option takes a string argument <samp>host@group</samp>.
1700</p>
1701<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1702</p><ul>
1703<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1704</li></ul>
1705
1706<p>Set the Autokey host name, and optionally, group name specified
1707following an &rsquo;<code>@</code>&rsquo; character.  The host name is used in the file
1708name of generated host and signing certificates, without the
1709group name.  The host name, and if provided, group name are used
1710in <code>host@group</code> form for the host certificate subject and issuer
1711fields.  Specifying &rsquo;<code>-s @group</code>&rsquo; is allowed, and results in
1712leaving the host name unchanged while appending <code>@group</code> to the
1713subject and issuer fields, as with <code>-i group</code>.  The group name, or
1714if not provided, the host name are also used in the file names
1715of IFF, GQ, and MV client parameter files.
1716</p><hr>
1717<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-sign_002dkey"></span><div class="header">
1718<p>
1719Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-trusted_002dcert" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen trusted-cert</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-subject_002dname" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen subject-name</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1720</div>
1721<span id="sign_002dkey-option-_0028_002dS_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.18 sign-key option (-S)</h4>
1722<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dsign_002dkey"></span>
1723
1724<p>This is the &ldquo;generate sign key (rsa or dsa)&rdquo; option.
1725This option takes a string argument <samp>sign</samp>.
1726</p>
1727<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1728</p><ul>
1729<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1730</li></ul>
1731
1732<p>Generate a new sign key of the designated type, obsoleting any
1733that may exist.  By default, the program uses the host key as the
1734sign key.
1735</p><hr>
1736<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-trusted_002dcert"></span><div class="header">
1737<p>
1738Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dparams" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen mv-params</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-sign_002dkey" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen sign-key</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1739</div>
1740<span id="trusted_002dcert-option-_0028_002dT_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.19 trusted-cert option (-T)</h4>
1741<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dtrusted_002dcert"></span>
1742
1743<p>This is the &ldquo;trusted certificate (tc scheme)&rdquo; option.
1744</p>
1745<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1746</p><ul>
1747<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1748</li></ul>
1749
1750<p>Generate a trusted certificate.  By default, the program generates
1751a non-trusted certificate.
1752</p><hr>
1753<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dparams"></span><div class="header">
1754<p>
1755Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dkeys" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen mv-keys</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-trusted_002dcert" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen trusted-cert</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1756</div>
1757<span id="mv_002dparams-option-_0028_002dV_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.20 mv-params option (-V)</h4>
1758<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dmv_002dparams"></span>
1759
1760<p>This is the &ldquo;generate &lt;num&gt; mv parameters&rdquo; option.
1761This option takes a number argument <samp>num</samp>.
1762</p>
1763<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1764</p><ul>
1765<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1766</li></ul>
1767
1768<p>Generate parameters and keys for the Mu-Varadharajan (MV)
1769identification scheme.
1770</p><hr>
1771<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dkeys"></span><div class="header">
1772<p>
1773Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-config" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen config</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dparams" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen mv-params</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1774</div>
1775<span id="mv_002dkeys-option-_0028_002dv_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.21 mv-keys option (-v)</h4>
1776<span id="index-ntp_002dkeygen_002dmv_002dkeys"></span>
1777
1778<p>This is the &ldquo;update &lt;num&gt; mv keys&rdquo; option.
1779This option takes a number argument <samp>num</samp>.
1780</p>
1781<p>This option has some usage constraints.  It:
1782</p><ul>
1783<li> must be compiled in by defining <code>AUTOKEY</code> during the compilation.
1784</li></ul>
1785
1786<p>This option has no &lsquo;<samp>doc</samp>&rsquo; documentation.
1787</p>
1788
1789<hr>
1790<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-config"></span><div class="header">
1791<p>
1792Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-exit-status" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen exit status</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-mv_002dkeys" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen mv-keys</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1793</div>
1794<span id="presetting_002fconfiguring-ntp_002dkeygen"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.22 presetting/configuring ntp-keygen</h4>
1795
1796<p>Any option that is not marked as <i>not presettable</i> may be preset by
1797loading values from configuration (&quot;rc&quot; or &quot;ini&quot;) files, and values from environment variables named <code>NTP-KEYGEN</code> and <code>NTP-KEYGEN_&lt;OPTION_NAME&gt;</code>.  <code>&lt;OPTION_NAME&gt;</code> must be one of
1798the options listed above in upper case and segmented with underscores.
1799The <code>NTP-KEYGEN</code> variable will be tokenized and parsed like
1800the command line.  The remaining variables are tested for existence and their
1801values are treated like option arguments.
1802</p>
1803
1804<p><code>libopts</code> will search in 2 places for configuration files:
1805</p><ul>
1806<li> $HOME
1807</li><li> $PWD
1808</li></ul>
1809<p>The environment variables <code>HOME</code>, and <code>PWD</code>
1810are expanded and replaced when <samp>ntp-keygen</samp> runs.
1811For any of these that are plain files, they are simply processed.
1812For any that are directories, then a file named <samp>.ntprc</samp> is searched for
1813within that directory and processed.
1814</p>
1815<p>Configuration files may be in a wide variety of formats.
1816The basic format is an option name followed by a value (argument) on the
1817same line.  Values may be separated from the option name with a colon,
1818equal sign or simply white space.  Values may be continued across multiple
1819lines by escaping the newline with a backslash.
1820</p>
1821<p>Multiple programs may also share the same initialization file.
1822Common options are collected at the top, followed by program specific
1823segments.  The segments are separated by lines like:
1824</p><div class="example">
1825<pre class="example">[NTP-KEYGEN]
1826</pre></div>
1827<p>or by
1828</p><div class="example">
1829<pre class="example">&lt;?program ntp-keygen&gt;
1830</pre></div>
1831<p>Do not mix these styles within one configuration file.
1832</p>
1833<p>Compound values and carefully constructed string values may also be
1834specified using XML syntax:
1835</p><div class="example">
1836<pre class="example">&lt;option-name&gt;
1837   &lt;sub-opt&gt;...&amp;lt;...&amp;gt;...&lt;/sub-opt&gt;
1838&lt;/option-name&gt;
1839</pre></div>
1840<p>yielding an <code>option-name.sub-opt</code> string value of
1841</p><div class="example">
1842<pre class="example">&quot;...&lt;...&gt;...&quot;
1843</pre></div>
1844<p><code>AutoOpts</code> does not track suboptions.  You simply note that it is a
1845hierarchicly valued option.  <code>AutoOpts</code> does provide a means for searching
1846the associated name/value pair list (see: optionFindValue).
1847</p>
1848<p>The command line options relating to configuration and/or usage help are:
1849</p>
1850<span id="version-_0028_002d_0029"></span><h4 class="subsubheading">version (-)</h4>
1851
1852<p>Print the program version to standard out, optionally with licensing
1853information, then exit 0.  The optional argument specifies how much licensing
1854detail to provide.  The default is to print just the version.  The licensing information may be selected with an option argument.
1855Only the first letter of the argument is examined:
1856</p>
1857<dl compact="compact">
1858<dt>&lsquo;<samp>version</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
1859<dd><p>Only print the version.  This is the default.
1860</p></dd>
1861<dt>&lsquo;<samp>copyright</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
1862<dd><p>Name the copyright usage licensing terms.
1863</p></dd>
1864<dt>&lsquo;<samp>verbose</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
1865<dd><p>Print the full copyright usage licensing terms.
1866</p></dd>
1867</dl>
1868
1869<hr>
1870<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-exit-status"></span><div class="header">
1871<p>
1872Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Usage" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen Usage</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-config" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen config</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1873</div>
1874<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-exit-status-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.23 ntp-keygen exit status</h4>
1875
1876<p>One of the following exit values will be returned:
1877</p><dl compact="compact">
1878<dt>&lsquo;<samp>0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
1879<dd><p>Successful program execution.
1880</p></dd>
1881<dt>&lsquo;<samp>1 (EXIT_FAILURE)</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
1882<dd><p>The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
1883</p></dd>
1884<dt>&lsquo;<samp>66 (EX_NOINPUT)</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
1885<dd><p>A specified configuration file could not be loaded.
1886</p></dd>
1887<dt>&lsquo;<samp>70 (EX_SOFTWARE)</samp>&rsquo;</dt>
1888<dd><p>libopts had an internal operational error.  Please report
1889it to autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net.  Thank you.
1890</p></dd>
1891</dl>
1892<hr>
1893<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-Usage"></span><div class="header">
1894<p>
1895Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Notes" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen Notes</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-exit-status" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen exit status</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1896</div>
1897<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-Usage-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.24 ntp-keygen Usage</h4>
1898<hr>
1899<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-Notes"></span><div class="header">
1900<p>
1901Next: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Bugs" accesskey="n" rel="next">ntp-keygen Bugs</a>, Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Usage" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen Usage</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1902</div>
1903<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-Notes-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.25 ntp-keygen Notes</h4>
1904<hr>
1905<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-Bugs"></span><div class="header">
1906<p>
1907Previous: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Notes" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ntp-keygen Notes</a>, Up: <a href="#ntp_002dkeygen-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">ntp-keygen Invocation</a> &nbsp; </p>
1908</div>
1909<span id="ntp_002dkeygen-Bugs-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">1.2.26 ntp-keygen Bugs</h4>
1910
1911<hr>
1912<span id="Random-Seed-File"></span><div class="header">
1913<p>
1914Next: <a href="#Cryptographic-Data-Files" accesskey="n" rel="next">Cryptographic Data Files</a>, Previous: <a href="#Running-the-Program" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Running the Program</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> &nbsp; </p>
1915</div>
1916<span id="Random-Seed-File-2"></span><h3 class="section">1.3 Random Seed File</h3>
1917
1918<p>All cryptographically sound key generation schemes must have means to
1919randomize the entropy seed used to initialize the internal
1920pseudo-random number generator used by the OpenSSL library routines.
1921If a site supports ssh, it is very likely that means to do this are
1922already available.
1923The entropy seed used by the OpenSSL library is contained in a file,
1924usually called <code>.rnd</code>, which must be available when
1925starting the <code>ntp-keygen</code> program or <code>ntpd</code> daemon.
1926</p>
1927<p>The OpenSSL library looks for the file using the path specified by the
1928<code>RANDFILE</code> environment variable in the user home directory, whether root
1929or some other user.
1930If the <code>RANDFILE</code> environment variable is not
1931present, the library looks for the <code>.rnd</code> file in the user home
1932directory.
1933Since both the <code>ntp-keygen</code> program and <code>ntpd</code> daemon must run
1934as root, the logical place to put this file is in <code>/.rnd</code> or
1935<code>/root/.rnd</code>.
1936If the file is not available or cannot be written, the program exits
1937with a message to the system log.
1938</p>
1939<hr>
1940<span id="Cryptographic-Data-Files"></span><div class="header">
1941<p>
1942Previous: <a href="#Random-Seed-File" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Random Seed File</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> &nbsp; </p>
1943</div>
1944<span id="Cryptographic-Data-Files-2"></span><h3 class="section">1.4 Cryptographic Data Files</h3>
1945
1946<p>File and link names are in the <code>form ntpkey_key_name.fstamp</code>,
1947where <code>key</code> is the key or parameter type,
1948<code>name</code> is the host or group name and
1949<code>fstamp</code> is the filestamp (NTP seconds) when the file was created).
1950By convention, key names in generated file names include both upper and
1951lower case characters, while key names in generated link names include
1952only lower case characters. The filestamp is not used in generated link
1953names.
1954</p>
1955<p>The key name is a string defining the cryptographic key type.
1956Key types include public/private keys host and sign, certificate cert
1957and several challenge/response key types.
1958By convention, client files used for
1959challenges have a par subtype, as in the IFF challenge IFFpar, while
1960server files for responses have a key subtype, as in the GQ response
1961GQkey.
1962</p>
1963<p>All files begin with two nonencrypted lines. The first line contains
1964the file name in the format <code>ntpkey_key_host.fstamp</code>.
1965The second line contains the datestamp in conventional Unix date format.
1966Lines beginning with <code>#</code> are ignored.
1967</p>
1968<p>The remainder of the file contains cryptographic data encoded first
1969using ASN.1 rules, then encrypted using the DES-CBC algorithm with
1970given password and finally written in PEM-encoded printable ASCII text
1971preceded and followed by MIME content identifier lines.
1972</p>
1973<p>The format of the symmetric keys file, ordinarily named <code>ntp.keys</code>,
1974is somewhat different than the other files in the interest of backward
1975compatibility.
1976Ordinarily, the file is generated by this program, but
1977it can be constructed and edited using an ordinary text editor.
1978</p>
1979<div class="example">
1980<pre class="example"># ntpkey_MD5key_hms.local.3564038757
1981# Sun Dec  9 02:45:57 2012
1982
1983 1 MD5 &quot;]!ghT%O;3)WJ,/Nc:&gt;I  # MD5 key
1984 2 MD5 lu+H^tF46BKR-6~pV_5  # MD5 key
1985 3 MD5 :lnoVsE%Yz*avh%EtNC  # MD5 key
1986 4 MD5 |fdZrf0sF~;w-i^V  # MD5 key
1987 5 MD5 IyAG&gt;O&quot;y&quot;LmCRS!*bHC  # MD5 key
1988 6 MD5 &quot;&gt;e\A&gt;hT/661ri52,,H  # MD5 key
1989 7 MD5 c9x=M'CfLxax9v)PV-si  # MD5 key
1990 8 MD5 E|=jvFVov?Bn|Ev=&amp;aK\  # MD5 key
1991 9 MD5 T!c4UT&amp;`(m$+m+B6,`Q0  # MD5 key
199210 MD5 JVF/1=)=IFbHbJQz..Cd  # MD5 key
199311 SHA1 6dea311109529e436c2b4fccae9bc753c16d1b48  # SHA1 key
199412 SHA1 7076f373d86c4848c59ff8046e49cb7d614ec394  # SHA1 key
199513 SHA1 5f48b1b60591eb01b7cf1d33b7774f08d20262d3  # SHA1 key
199614 SHA1 eed5ab9d9497319ec60cf3781d52607e76720178  # SHA1 key
199715 SHA1 f283562611a04c964da8126296f5f8e58c3f85de  # SHA1 key
199816 SHA1 1930da171297dd63549af50b29449de17dcf341f  # SHA1 key
199917 SHA1 fee892110358cd4382322b889869e750db8e8a8f  # SHA1 key
200018 SHA1 b5520c9fadd7ad3fd8bfa061c8821b65d029bb37  # SHA1 key
200119 SHA1 8c74fb440ec80f453ec6aaa62b9baed0ab723b92  # SHA1 key
200220 SHA1 6bc05f734306a189326000970c19b3910f403795  # SHA1 key
2003</pre></div>
2004
2005<p>Figure 1. Typical Symmetric Key File
2006</p>
2007<p>Figure 1 shows a typical symmetric keys file used by the reference
2008implementation.
2009Each line of the file contains three fields, first an
2010integer between 1 and 65535, inclusive, representing the key identifier
2011used in the server and peer configuration commands.
2012Next is the key type for the message digest algorithm,
2013which in the absence of the
2014OpenSSL library must be MD5 to designate the MD5 message digest
2015algorithm.
2016If the OpenSSL library is installed, the key type can be any
2017message digest algorithm supported by that library.
2018However, if
2019compatibility with FIPS 140-2 is required, the key type must be either
2020SHA or SHA1.
2021The key type can be changed using an ASCII text editor.
2022</p>
2023<p>An MD5 key consists of a printable ASCII string less than or equal to
202416 characters and terminated by whitespace or a # character.
2025An OpenSSL
2026key consists of a hex-encoded ASCII string of 40 characters, which is
2027truncated as necessary.
2028</p>
2029<p>Note that the keys used by the <code>ntpq</code> and <code>ntpdc</code> programs are
2030checked against passwords requested by the programs and entered by hand,
2031so it
2032is generally appropriate to specify these keys in human readable ASCII
2033format.
2034</p>
2035<p>The <code>ntp-keygen</code> program generates a MD5 symmetric keys file
2036<code>ntpkey_MD5key_hostname.filestamp</code>.
2037Since the file contains private
2038shared keys, it should be visible only to root and distributed by
2039secure means to other subnet hosts.
2040The NTP daemon loads the file <code>ntp.keys</code>, so <code>ntp-keygen</code>
2041installs a soft link from this name to the generated file.
2042Subsequently, similar soft links must be installed by
2043manual or automated means on the other subnet hosts.
2044While this file is
2045not used with the Autokey Version 2 protocol, it is needed to
2046authenticate some remote configuration commands used by the <code>ntpq</code> and
2047<code>ntpdc</code> utilities.
2048</p><hr>
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