On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Dave Feustel wrote:

> > One Time Passwords such as skey(1) are also good for insecure environments.
> > 
> > Ben.
> 
> I just read the man page for skey, but I still don't quite understand
> how it works. Would I use a calculator to generate a response that I
> type in response to a challenge, or what? 

You compute the answer to the challenge using the skey command on
another computer, a calculator or any device that is capable of
performing the RFC 2289 defined computation. 

An alternative is the precompute a list of responses. The FAQ has a
section on S/Key too.

        -Otto

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