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otpprint: print lists of one-time passwords

NAME

otpprint - print lists of one-time passwords

SYNOPSIS

otp [-n count ] [-e ] [-h ] [-f algorithm ] sequence-number seed

DESCRIPTION

The otp program prints lists of OTPs.

Use this to print out a series of one-time passwords. You will have to supply the sequence number and the seed as arguments and then the program will prompt you for your pass-phrase.

There are several different print formats. The default is to print each password with six short english words.

Options are:

-e

Print the passwords in ``extended'' format. In this format a prefix that says ``hex:'' or ``word:'' is included.

-f

To choose a different algorithm from the default md5. Pick any of: md4, md5, and sha.

-h

Print the passwords in hex.

-n

Print count one-time passwords, starting at sequence-number and going backwards. The default is 10.