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.TH NETKEY 1 .SH NAME netkey \- calculate response to authentication challenge .SH SYNOPSIS .B netkey .SH DESCRIPTION .I Netkey calculates a response to a challenge made by a system to authenticate a user, based on a shared secret (password), using the same algorithm as a SecureNet device. It reads and writes .BR /dev/cons . It prompts once for the secret (echo is turned off). It then repeatedly prompts for a remote system's challenge, and once given it, calculates and prints the corresponding response. It exits on an empty challenge or end of file. .SH SOURCE .B /appl/cmd/netkey.b