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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-10-05 17:38:31 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20081005173831-fysrfayl4yvhlo6x
* INSTALL: Add instructions on how to set the correct network
           interface on the cient, and also how to test the server and
           verify the password.

* TODO: Clean up old stuff.

* debian/mandos-client.README.Debian: Separate into sections with
                                      headlines.  Add instructions on
                                      how to test the server and
                                      verify the password.

* plugin-runner.conf: Add reminder to update initrd image.

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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">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-12">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-10-03">
 
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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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   <refentryinfo>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</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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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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    <authorgroup>
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      <author>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="file">
 
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  <refsect1 id="files">
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
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      Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
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      having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
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      permanent storage.  This has some security implications, see
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      <xref linkend="CLIENTS"/>.
 
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      <xref linkend="clients"/>.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
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  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
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    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
 
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    <refsect2 id="server">
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      <title>SERVER</title>
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      <para>
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        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
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        soon after startup.
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      </para>
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    </refsect2>
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    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
 
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    <refsect2 id="clients">
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      <title>CLIENTS</title>
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      <para>
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        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
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        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
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        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
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        except the user running the server.
 
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        except the user starting the server (usually root).
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all