---
name: "idecrypt"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "idecrypt"
version: "3.0.19.ds1-8"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/idecrypt"
---

# idecrypt(8)

Encrypted IDENT response decryption utility

## NAME

idecrypt - Encrypted IDENT response decryption utility

## SYNOPSIS

**idecrypt** \[*file*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**Idecrypt** decrypts authentication tokens returned by an [**identd**(8)](/identd/8.md) server that supports encryption.  The tokens can be supplied in *file*, or from the standard input.  The decrypted tokens are displayed on the standard output.

This program will attempt to decrypt a token with all the keys stored in the key file until it succeeds (or have tried all the keys).

## FILES

- **/etc/identd.key**

  If compiled with *DES* encryption enabled, the 1024 first bytes of this file is used to specify the secret key for encrypting replies.

## AVAILABILITY

The daemon is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it as you wish - as long as you don't claim that you wrote it.

The source code for the latest version of the daemon can always be FTP'd from one of the following addresses:

- **Main site:**

  ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/ident/servers/

- **Mirror:**

  ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/ident/servers/

The author can be contacted at:

- **Email:**

  **Peter Eriksson \<pen@lysator.liu.se\>**

## SEE ALSO

[**identd**(8)](/identd/8.md) , [**ikeygen**(8)](/ikeygen/8.md)