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* Configure The Server
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  A client key has been automatically created in /etc/keys/mandos.
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  The next step is to run "mandos-keygen --password" to get a config
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  file section.  This should be appended to /etc/mandos/clients.conf
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  on the Mandos server.
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* Use the Correct Network Interface
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  Make sure that the correct network interface is specified in the
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  DEVICE setting in the "/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf" file.
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  If this is changed, it will be necessary to update the initrd image
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  by doing "update-initramfs -k all -u".  This setting can be
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  overridden at boot time on the Linux kernel command line using the
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  sixth colon-separated field of the "ip=" option; for exact syntax,
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  see the file "Documentation/nfsroot.txt" in the Linux source tree.
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* Test the Server
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  After the server has been started and this client's key added, it is
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  possible to verify that the correct password will be received by
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  this client by running the command, on the client:
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	# /usr/lib/mandos/plugins.d/mandos-client \
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		--pubkey=/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt \
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		--seckey=/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt; echo
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  This command should retrieve the password from the server, decrypt
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  it, and output it to standard output.  There it can be verified to
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  be the correct password, before rebooting.
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* User-Supplied Plugins
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  Any plugins found in /etc/mandos/plugins.d will override and add to
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  the normal Mandos plugins.  When adding or changing plugins, do not
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  forget to update the initital RAM disk image:
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	# update-initramfs -k all -u
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* Do *NOT* Edit /etc/crypttab
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  It is NOT necessary to edit /etc/crypttab to specify
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  /usr/lib/mandos/plugin-runner as a keyscript for the root file
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  system; if no keyscript is given for the root file system, the
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  Mandos client will be the new default way for getting a password for
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  the root file system when booting.
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* debian/watch: New file.
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* Emergency Escape
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  If it ever should be necessary, the Mandos client can be temporarily
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  prevented from running at startup by passing the parameter
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  "mandos=off" to the kernel.
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* Non-local Connection (Not Using ZeroConf)
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  If the "ip=" kernel command line option is used to specify a
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  complete IP address and device name, as noted above, it then becomes
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  possible to specify a specific IP address and port to connect to,
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  instead of using ZeroConf.  The syntax for doing this is
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  "mandos=connect:<IP_ADDRESS>:<PORT_NUMBER>".
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  Warning: this will cause the client to make exactly one attempt at
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  connecting, and then fail if it does not succeed.
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  For very advanced users, it it possible to specify simply
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  "mandos=connect" on the kernel command line to make the system only
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  set up the network (using the data in the "ip=" option) and not pass
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  any extra "--connect" options to mandos-client at boot.  For this to
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  work, "--options-for=mandos-client:--connect=<ADDRESS>:<PORT>" needs
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  to be manually added to the file "/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf".
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 -- Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@fukt.bsnet.se>, Mon,  9 Feb 2009 00:36:55 +0100