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  • Committer: Björn Påhlsson
  • Date: 2008-07-20 02:52:20 UTC
  • Revision ID: belorn@braxen-20080720025220-r5u0388uy9iu23h6
Added following support:
Pluginbased client handler
rewritten Mandos client
       Avahi instead of udp server discovery
       openpgp encrypted key support
Passprompt stand alone application for direct console input
Added logging for Mandos server

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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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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
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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>&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@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@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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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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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      </para>
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    </legalnotice>
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  </refentryinfo>
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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  </refmeta>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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  </refnamediv>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir</option>
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--type</option>
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--length</option>
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--subtype</option>
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--sublength</option>
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--name</option>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--email</option>
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        <replaceable>EMAIL</replaceable></arg>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--comment</option>
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        <replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--expire</option>
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option>
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-t</option>
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-l</option>
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></arg>
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to generate the
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      OpenPGP keys used by
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The keys are
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      rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><literal>-h</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>
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  </refsect1>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
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      </para>
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  </refsect1>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  </refsect1>
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</refentry>