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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2013-10-20 21:04:35 UTC
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* Makefile (install-client-nokey): Install "mandos-change-keytype".
  (uninstall-client): Uninstall "mandos-change-keytype".
* mandos (priority): Changed back default GnuTLS priority string to
                     "SECURE256:!CTYPE-X.509:+CTYPE-OPENPGP".
* mandos-change-keytype: New script which, assuming the Mandos server
                         is responding, will generate a new key with
                         the new mandos-keygen default parameters
                         (currently 4096-bit RSA), and output a
                         replacement section for clients.conf on the
                         Mandos server.
* mandos-keygen: Bug fix: output password prompt even when redirecting
                 stdout.
* mandos-options.xml (priority): Document new default value.
* mandos.conf (priority): - '' -

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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 CONFNAME "mandos.conf">
 
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<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/mandos.conf</filename>">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2013-10-20">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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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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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
 
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    <authorgroup>
 
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      <author>
 
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
 
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
 
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        <address>
 
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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
 
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        </address>
 
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      </author>
 
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      <author>
 
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
 
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
 
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        <address>
 
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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>2011</year>
 
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      <year>2012</year>
 
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      <year>2013</year>
 
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
 
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <refentrytitle>&CONFNAME;</refentrytitle>
 
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  <refnamediv>
 
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    <refname><filename>&CONFNAME;</filename></refname>
 
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    <refpurpose>
 
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      Configuration file for the Mandos server
 
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
 
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    <synopsis>&CONFPATH;</synopsis>
 
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  <refsect1 id="description">
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      The file &CONFPATH; is a simple configuration file for
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and is read by it at
 
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      startup.  The configuration file starts with <quote><literal
 
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      >[DEFAULT]</literal></quote> on a line by itself, followed by
 
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      any number of <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable
 
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      ></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> entries,
 
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      with continuations in the style of RFC 822.  <quote><varname
 
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      >value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted.  Note that
 
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      leading whitespace is removed from values.  Lines beginning with
 
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      <quote>#</quote> or <quote>;</quote> are ignored and may be used
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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        <term><option>interface<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >NAME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="interface"/>
 
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        <term><option>port<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >NUMBER</replaceable></option></term>
 
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restore = True
 
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