/* -*- Mode: Text -*- */ autogen definitions options; #include copyright.def #include version.def // We want the synopsis to be "/etc/ntp.keys" but we need the prog-name // to be ntp.keys - the latter is also how autogen produces the output // file name. prog-name = "ntp.keys"; file-path = "/etc/ntp.keys"; prog-title = "Network Time Protocol symmetric key format"; /* explain: Additional information whenever the usage routine is invoked */ explain = <<- _END_EXPLAIN _END_EXPLAIN; doc-section = { ds-type = 'DESCRIPTION'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP This document describes the format of an NTP symmetric key file. For a description of the use of this type of file, see the .Qq Authentication Support section of the .Xr ntp.conf 5 page. .Pp .Xr ntpd 8 reads its keys from a file specified using the .Fl k command line option or the .Ic keys statement in the configuration file. While key number 0 is fixed by the NTP standard (as 56 zero bits) and may not be changed, one or more keys numbered between 1 and 65535 may be arbitrarily set in the keys file. .Pp The key file uses the same comment conventions as the configuration file. Key entries use a fixed format of the form .Pp .D1 Ar keyno type key opt_IP_list .Pp where .Ar keyno is a positive integer (between 1 and 65535), .Ar type is the message digest algorithm, .Ar key is the key itself, and .Ar opt_IP_list is an optional comma-separated list of IPs where the .Ar keyno should be trusted. that are allowed to serve time. Each IP in .Ar opt_IP_list may contain an optional .Cm /subnetbits specification which identifies the number of bits for the desired subnet of trust. If .Ar opt_IP_list is empty, any properly-authenticated message will be accepted. .Pp The .Ar key may be given in a format controlled by the .Ar type field. The .Ar type .Li MD5 is always supported. If .Li ntpd was built with the OpenSSL library then any digest library supported by that library may be specified. However, if compliance with FIPS 140-2 is required the .Ar type must be either .Li SHA or .Li SHA1 . .Pp What follows are some key types, and corresponding formats: .Pp .Bl -tag -width RMD160 -compact .It Li MD5 The key is 1 to 16 printable characters terminated by an EOL, whitespace, or a .Li # (which is the "start of comment" character). .Pp .It Li SHA .It Li SHA1 .It Li RMD160 The key is a hex-encoded ASCII string of 40 characters, which is truncated as necessary. .El .Pp Note that the keys used by the .Xr ntpq 8 and .Xr ntpdc 8 programs are checked against passwords requested by the programs and entered by hand, so it is generally appropriate to specify these keys in ASCII format. _END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP; }; doc-section = { ds-type = 'FILES'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_MDOC_FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/ntp.keys -compact .It Pa /etc/ntp.keys the default name of the configuration file .El _END_MDOC_FILES; }; doc-section = { ds-type = 'SEE ALSO'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_MDOC_SEE_ALSO .Xr ntp.conf 5 , .Xr ntpd 1ntpdmdoc , .Xr ntpdate 1ntpdatemdoc , .Xr ntpdc 1ntpdcmdoc , .Xr sntp 1sntpmdoc _END_MDOC_SEE_ALSO; }; /* doc-section = { ds-type = 'BUGS'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_MDOC_BUGS .Xr ntpd 8 has gotten rather fat. While not huge, it has gotten larger than might be desirable for an elevated-priority daemon running on a workstation, particularly since many of the fancy features which consume the space were designed more with a busy primary server, rather than a high stratum workstation, in mind. _END_MDOC_BUGS; }; */ doc-section = { ds-type = 'NOTES'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_MDOC_NOTES This document was derived from FreeBSD. _END_MDOC_NOTES; };