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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2012-06-16 19:30:08 UTC
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-10-03">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-06-13">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
 
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      <year>2009</year>
 
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      <year>2012</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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        ><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <group rep='repeat'>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'
 
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        >,<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-i <replaceable>NAME</replaceable
 
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      </arg>
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        <option>--retry <replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></option>
 
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        <option>--network-hook-dir
 
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        <replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option>
 
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      <arg>
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        <option>--debug</option>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a client program that
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      communicates with <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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      >mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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      to get a password.  It uses IPv6 link-local addresses to get
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      network connectivity, Zeroconf to find servers, and TLS with an
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      OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and confidentiality.  It
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      keeps running, trying all servers on the network, until it
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      receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is received.
 
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      to get a password.  In slightly more detail, this client program
 
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      brings up network interfaces, uses the interfaces’ IPv6
 
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      link-local addresses to get network connectivity, uses Zeroconf
 
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      servers using TLS with an OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and
 
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      confidentiality.  This client program keeps running, trying all
 
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      servers on the network, until it receives a satisfactory reply
 
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      or a TERM signal.  After all servers have been tried, all
 
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      servers are periodically retried.  If no servers are found it
 
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      will wait indefinitely for new servers to appear.
 
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      The network interfaces are selected like this: If any interfaces
 
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      those interface are used.  Otherwise,
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> will use all interfaces that
 
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      are not loopback interfaces, are not point-to-point interfaces,
 
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      This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        >NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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            Network interface that will be brought up and scanned for
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            Mandos servers to connect to.  The default it
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            <quote><literal>eth0</literal></quote>.
 
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            use all appropriate interfaces.
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            If the <option>--connect</option> option is used, this
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            Note that since this program will normally run in the
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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