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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-03 17:11:32 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080903171132-usevhlf0gi9rxqc3
* plugins.d/password-request.c (init_gnutls_global): Improved wording
                                                     in debug message.
                                                     Bug fix: Make
                                                     debug message
                                                     print to stderr,
                                                     not stdout.

* plugins.d/password-request.xml (SECURITY): Add text.

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      <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>, but it would then be
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      impossible to enter a password for the encrypted root disk at
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      the console, since this program does not read from the console
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      at all.  This is why a separate plugin (<citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) does that, which
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      will be run in parallell to this one by the plugin runner.
 
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      at all.  This is why a separate plugin does that, which will be
 
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      run in parallell to this one by the plugin runner.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
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    <para>
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      This program is set-uid to root, but will switch back to the
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      original (and presumably non-privileged) user and group after
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      bringing up the network interface.
 
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      original user and group after bringing up the network interface.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      To use this program for its intended purpose (see <xref
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      >mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      It will also help if the checker program on the server is
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      configured to request something from the client which can not be
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      spoofed by someone else on the network, unlike unencrypted
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      <acronym>ICMP</acronym> echo (<quote>ping</quote>) replies.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      <emphasis>Note</emphasis>: This makes it completely insecure to
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      have <application >Mandos</application> clients which dual-boot
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      to another operating system which is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
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      trusted to keep the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk image
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      confidential.
 
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      <emphasis>Note</emphasis>: This makes it impossible to have
 
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      <application >Mandos</application> clients which dual-boot to
 
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      another operating system which does <emphasis>not</emphasis> run
 
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      a <application>Mandos</application> client.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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    <para>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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    </para>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term>
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          <ulink url="http://www.zeroconf.org/">Zeroconf</ulink>
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        </term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Zeroconf is the network protocol standard used for finding
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            Mandos servers on the local network.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term>
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          <ulink url="http://www.avahi.org/">Avahi</ulink>
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        </term>
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      <listitem>
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        <para>
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          Avahi is the library this program calls to find Zeroconf
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          services.
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        </para>
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      </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term>
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          <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/"
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          >GnuTLS</ulink>
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        </term>
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        <para>
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          GnuTLS is the library this client uses to implement TLS for
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          communicating securely with the server, and at the same time
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          send the public OpenPGP key to the server.
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                 >GPGME</ulink>
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            GPGME is the library used to decrypt the OpenPGP data sent
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          RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
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          Architecture</citetitle>
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              <term>Section 2.2: <citetitle>Text Representation of
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              Addresses</citetitle></term>
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              <term>Section 2.5.5.2: <citetitle>IPv4-Mapped IPv6
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            <term>Section 2.5.6, <citetitle>Link-Local IPv6 Unicast
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                This client uses IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
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                immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
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                automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
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                is brought up.
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          RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
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          Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle>
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          TLS 1.1 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
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          The data received from the server is binary encrypted
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