kdb5_util stash question

Greg Hudson ghudson at MIT.EDU
Fri Jan 20 19:35:23 EST 2012


On 01/20/2012 06:54 PM, Will Fiveash wrote:
> Does the kdb5_util stash require the admin running it know the master
> key password or should it be able to extract it from the K/M princ?

By design, it's impractical to extract the master key from the K/M princ
alone.  kdb5_util stash can use either an existing stash file or an
admin-specified password to decrypt the keys in the K/M entry.



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