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     VERIFY(8)                                               VERIFY(8)

     NAME
          verify - command to authenticate receiver of blinded
          certificate

     SYNOPSIS
          lib/verify set-top-box-id

     DESCRIPTION
          Verify is run on a `signer' server to extract information
          from the /keydb/signed/set-top-box-id file created by
          signer(8). That information consists of the previously
          crafted authentication certificate and the `blinded' version
          of the certificate that was sent to the requesting client.

          Verify displays the `blinded' version textually or graphi-
          cally, as appropriate, so that it can be compared to that
          reported by the set-top-box owner over a secure independent
          mechanism (for example, telephone). If the operator of
          verify is convinced of the identity of the caller, the oper-
          ator should accept when prompted by verify. Verify then
          writes the authentication certificate to
          /keydb/countersigned/set-top-box-id, as input for
          countersigner (see signer(8)).

          Note: if the operator of verify accepts the identity, the
          set-top-box owner should be requested to answer `yes' to the
          prompt displayed by register(8). The order of acceptance
          (first on the signer) then on the client is important.

     FILES
          /keydb/signed/set-top-box-id
          /keydb/countersigned/set-top-box-id

     SOURCE
          /appl/lib/verify.b

     SEE ALSO
          register(8), signer(8)

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