owampd.pfs
Section: File Formats (5)
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NAME
owampd.pfs - One-way latency server pass-phrase store
DESCRIPTION
The owampd.pfs file is used to hold the identity/pass-phrase pairs
needed for owampd to authenticate users. The format of this file
is described in the pfstore(1) manual page. The location of this
file is controlled by the -c option to owampd.
owampd uses symmetric AES keys for authentication. These keys
are derived from a shared secret (the pass-phrase) using the PBKDF2
algorithm (RFC 2898) with an HMAC-SHA1 as the pseudorandom
function.
Therefore, the
owping client must have access to the exact same pass-phrase
that the owampd server uses. Both the client and the server
need to derive the same AES key for authentication
to work. It is important that the system administrator and end user
ensure the pass-phrase is not compromised.
If the owping client is able to authenticate using the identity and
derived AES key, owampd will use the directives found in the
owampd.limits file to map policy restrictions for this connection.
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
The pass-phrases in the owampd.pfs file are not encrypted in any way.
(They are simply hex encoded.) The
security of these pass-phrases are completely dependent upon the security
of the filesystem and the discretion of the system administrator.
RESTRICTIONS
Identity names are restricted to 80 characters.
SEE ALSO
pfstore(1), owping(1), owampd(8), owampd.limits(5),
and the http://e2epi.internet2.edu/owamp/ web site.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This material is based in part on work supported by the National Science
Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. ANI-0314723. Any opinions, findings and
conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of
the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
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- SEE ALSO
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