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debian/mandos-client.README.Debian: Document the dhparams.pem file.
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This file documents the next steps to take after installation of the
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Debian package, and also contain some notes specific to the Debian
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packaging which are not also in the manual.
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* Adding a Client Password to the Server
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  The server must be given a password to give back to the client on
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  boot time.  This password must be a one which can be used to unlock
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  the root file system device.  On the *client*, run this command:
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	mandos-keygen --password
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  It will prompt for a password and output a config file section.
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  This output should be copied to the Mandos server and added to the
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  file "/etc/mandos/clients.conf" there.
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* Testing that it Works (Without Rebooting)
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  After the server has been started with this client's key added, it
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  is 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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	MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR=/usr/lib/$(dpkg-architecture \
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	-qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/mandos/plugin-helpers \
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	/usr/lib/$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH \
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	)/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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* 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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* Specifying a Client Network Interface
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  At boot time the network interfaces to use will by default be
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  automatically detected.  If this should result in incorrect
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  interfaces, edit the DEVICE setting in the
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  "/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf" file.  (The default setting is
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  empty, meaning it will autodetect the interfaces.)  *If* the DEVICE
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  setting is changed, it will be necessary to update the initrd image
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  by running this command:
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	update-initramfs -k all -u
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  The device can also be overridden at boot time on the Linux kernel
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  command line using the sixth colon-separated field of the "ip="
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  option; for exact syntax, read the documentation in the file
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  "/usr/share/doc/linux-doc-*/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt",
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  available in the "linux-doc-*" package.
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  Note that since the network interfaces are used in the initial RAM
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  disk environment, the network interfaces *must* exist at that stage.
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  Thus, an interface can *not* be a pseudo-interface such as "br0" or
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  "tun0"; instead, only real interfaces (such as "eth0") can be used.
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  This can be overcome by writing a "network hook" program to create
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  an interface (see mandos-client(8mandos)) and placing it in
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  "/etc/mandos/network-hooks.d", from where it will be copied into the
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  initial RAM disk.  Example network hook scripts can be found in
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  "/usr/share/doc/mandos-client/examples/network-hooks.d".
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* User-Supplied Plugins
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  Any plugins found in "/etc/mandos/plugins.d" will override and add
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  to the normal Mandos plugins.  When adding or changing plugins, do
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  not 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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* 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>" on the kernel command
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  line.
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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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* Diffie-Hellman Parameters
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  On installation, a file with Diffie-Hellman parameters,
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  /etc/keys/mandos/dhparams.pem, will be generated and automatically
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  installed into the initital RAM disk image and also used by the
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  Mandos Client on boot.  If different parameters are needed for
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  policy or other reasons, simply replace the existing dhparams.pem
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  file and update the initital RAM disk image.
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 -- Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@recompile.se>, Tue,  5 Apr 2016 08:53:39 +0200