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

# ikeygen(8)

Generate a random DES key

## NAME

ikeygen - Generate a random DES key

## SYNOPSIS

**idecrypt** \[**-h**\] \[**-V**\] \[**-v**\] \[**-i***file*\] \[*keyfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Ikeygen** generates a random DES key that is suitable for uses with [**identd**(8)](/identd/8.md). If *keyfile* is not specified, the default location of **/etc/identd.key** will be used.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Display the available command line options.

- **-V**

  Displays the version and OS version it was compiled for, and then exit.

- **-v**

  Be verbose.

- **-i***file*

  Use the key found in *file* instead of generating a new one.

## 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

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