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* mandos (Client.start_checker): Bug fix: Fix race condition with
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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 COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-02-15">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-09-17">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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      The server will, by default, continually check that the clients
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      are still up.  If a client has not been confirmed as being up
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      for some time, the client is assumed to be compromised and is no
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      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  The timeout,
 
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      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  (Manual
 
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      intervention is required to re-enable a client.)  The timeout,
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      checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
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      both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  A client successfully
 
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      receiving its password will also be treated as a successful
 
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      checker run.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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