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     LOGIND(8)                                               LOGIND(8)

     NAME
          logind - login daemon

     SYNOPSIS
          lib/logind

     DESCRIPTION
          Logind is normally started by srv(8) to service requests on
          the inflogin TCP/IP port, to provide a `signing' service
          (identity authentication) for a network.  Ultimately, the
          client receives a certificate that can be used to establish
          its identity with any host that is willing to honour cer-
          tificates from the certificate's signer.

          The signer constructs the certificate from the contents of
          the signer's key file /keydb/signerkey, typically created by
          createsignerkey(8), and the ID string and password supplied
          by the client (which are used to access /keydb/password via
          the Password module described in security-password(2)).

          The protocol involves an exchange of information between the
          client and server. The client side of this exchange can be
          managed by the Login module; see security-login(2).

          Client and server communicate over the Secure Socket Layer
          device ssl(3).

     FILES
          /keydb/signerkey
          /keydb/password

     SOURCE
          /appl/lib/logind.b

     SEE ALSO
          security-login(2), ssl(3), changelogin(8),
          createsignerkey(8), srv(8)

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