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
