ASTGENKEY(8) | Linux Programmer's Manual | ASTGENKEY(8) |
NAME¶
astgenkey - generates keys for for Asterisk IAX2 RSA authenticationSYNOPSIS¶
astgenkey [ -q ] [ -n ] [ keyname ]DESCRIPTION¶
astgenkey This script generates an RSA private and public key pair in PEM format for use by Asterisk. The private key should be kept a secret, as it can be used to fake your system's identity. Thus by default (without the option -n ) the script will create a passphrase-encrypted copy of your secret key: without entering the passphrase you won't be able to use it. However if you want to use such a key with Asterisk, you'll have to start it interactively, because the scripts that start asterisk can't use that encrypted key. The key is identified by a name. If you don't write the name on the command-line you'll be prompted for one. The outputs of the script are: name.pubThe public key: not secret. Send this to the other
side.
name.key
The private key: secret.
Those files should be copied to /var/lib/asterisk/keys
(The private key: on your system. The public key: on other systems)
To see the currently-installed keys from the asterisk CLI, use the command
keys show
OPTIONS¶
-qRun quietly.
-n
Don't encrypt the private key.
SECURITY¶
The keys are created, using the umask of the user running the command. To create the keys in a secure manner, you should check to ensure that your umask is first set to disallow the private key from being world- readable, such as with the following commands: umask 0066 astgenkey yourkey And then make the key accessible to Asterisk (assuming you run it as user "asterisk").chown asterisk /var/lib/asterisk/keys/yourname.*
FILES¶
/var/lib/asterisk/keysSEE ALSO¶
asterisk(8), genrsa(1), rsa(1), http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+iax+rsa+authAUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.May 14th, 2005 | Asterisk |