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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-25 01:16:38 UTC
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
 
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2015-07-20">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
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    <!-- NWalsh’s docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
 
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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    <authorgroup>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <year>2010</year>
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      <year>2011</year>
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      <year>2012</year>
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      <year>2013</year>
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      <year>2014</year>
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      <year>2015</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <legalnotice>
 
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      <para>
 
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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
 
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
 
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
 
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        later version.
 
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      </para>
 
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      <para>
 
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
 
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
 
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 
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        for more details.
 
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      </para>
 
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      <para>
 
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 
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        License along with this program; If not, see
 
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
 
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
 
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
 
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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <term><option>-e
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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        <term><option>-f</option></term>
 
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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        Normal invocation needs no options:
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      <para>
465
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
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        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
470
 
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
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        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
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        overwriting old key files:
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      <para>
474
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475
442
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
476
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
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478
 
      </para>
479
 
    </informalexample>
480
 
    <informalexample>
481
 
      <para>
482
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
483
 
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
484
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
485
 
      </para>
486
 
      <para>
487
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
488
 
      </para>
489
 
    </informalexample>
490
 
    <informalexample>
491
 
      <para>
492
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
493
 
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
494
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
495
 
      </para>
496
 
      <para>
497
 
 
498
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
499
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
 
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<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
500
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504
 
  
 
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449
  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
507
451
    <para>
508
452
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
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453
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
510
 
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
511
 
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
454
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
 
455
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
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    </para>
513
457
    <para>
514
 
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
515
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
458
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
 
459
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
517
461
    </para>
518
462
  </refsect1>
519
 
  
 
463
 
520
464
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521
465
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
522
466
    <para>
523
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
467
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
524
468
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
469
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
470
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
525
471
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
526
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
527
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
528
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
529
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
530
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
531
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
532
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
533
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
534
472
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
535
473
    </para>
536
474
  </refsect1>
537
475
  
538
476
</refentry>
539
 
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