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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN9290">17.16. Using MD5 for
Authentication</a></h1>
<p><b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> has built-in support for
using MD5 digests as an authentication method. The
implementation is provided as an example of how to add user
level authentication into the <b class=
"APPLICATION">LPRng</b> system.</p>
<p>The method used to do authentication is very simple. Each
user has a file containing a set of keys that are used to
salt an md5 hash. The information being transferred has its
md5 checksum calculated using this salt, and is then
transferred to the destination, along with the md5 hash
result. At the destination the server will get the user id,
obtain the salt value from a key file, and then calculate the
md5 hash value. If the two are in agreement, authentication
is successful.</p>
<p>The keyfile used for md5 authentication contains an id
followed by a text string whose binary value is used as a
hash key:</p>
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id1=key
id2=key
Example:
lpr@h2=tadf79asd%^1asdf
lpr@h1=fdfa%$^&^%$
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN9299">17.16.1. Printcap
Entries</a></h2>
<p>Options used:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><tt class="LITERAL">auth=md5</tt><i class=
"EMPHASIS">use MD5 authentication</i></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><tt class="LITERAL">auth_forward=md5</tt><i class=
"EMPHASIS">forward using MD5 authentication</i></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><tt class="LITERAL">md5_id=</tt><i class=
"EMPHASIS">id for server</i></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><tt class="LITERAL">md5_forward_id=</tt><i class=
"EMPHASIS">id for server</i></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><tt class="LITERAL">md5_server_keyfile=</tt><i
class="EMPHASIS">server keyfile</i></p>
</li>
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<p>Example printcap entry:</p>
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pr:
:lp=pr@wayoff
:auth=md5
:md5_id=lpr@wayoff.com
pr:server
:auth_forward=md5
:md5_id=lpr@wayoff.com
:md5_server_keyfile
:md5_forward_id=lpr@faroff.com
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<p>The <tt class="LITERAL">md5_id</tt> value is used by the
client to obtain a hash key that is used to salt the md5
calculation for client to server transfers. The <tt class=
"LITERAL">md5_forward_id</tt> value is used by the server
to obtain a hash key that is used to salt the md5
calculation for server to server transfers.</p>
<p>The <tt class="LITERAL">md5_server_keyfile</tt> contains
the keys of users; the id sent as the connection
information is used to obtain the key from the file.</p>
<p>To set up md5 authentication, all that is needed is the
following.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>For each user generate a key and place it in the
server keyfile. This file should have the form:</p>
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user1@host1=asdfasdfadf
user2@host2=a8789087asddasdf
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</li>
<li>
<p>Assign a key to the server, and set its printcap
entry to this key.</p>
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pr:
:lp=pr@wayoff
:auth=md5
:md5_id=lpr@wayoff.com
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</li>
<li>
<p>For each user, create a user key file with the
following format:</p>
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lpr@wayoff = user1@host1 asdfasdfadf
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The first entry corresponds to the <tt class=
"LITERAL">md5_id</tt> value in the printcap. The second
field is the <span class="ACRONYM">AUTHUSER</span>
value supplied to the server and which will be used to
look up the key in the servers key file. Finally, the
last field is the salt value for the md5
calculation.<br>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN9347">17.16.2. User
Environment Variables and Files</a></h2>
<p>Options used:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><tt class="LITERAL">MD5KEYFILE=5</tt><i class=
"EMPHASIS">location of user keyfile</i></p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p>The <tt class="LITERAL">MD5KEYFILE</tt> environment
variable contains the path to the user keytab file.</p>
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