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* debian/mandos-client.README.Debian: Update Linux documentation link.
* mandos-keygen: Change default key and subkey type to RSA and default
                 key length to 4096 bits.

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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">
 
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
 
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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      <year>2008</year>
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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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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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            Comment field for key.  The default value is
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        <replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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      This program is a small program to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        Normal invocation needs no options:
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<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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      The <option>--type</option> and <option>--length</option>
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      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
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      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
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      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
 
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      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
 
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      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
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