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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2014-06-22 02:19:30 UTC
  • mto: (237.7.272 trunk)
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 317.
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20140622021930-icl7h4cm97blhjml
mandos-keygen: Generate "checker" option to use SSH fingerprints.

To turn this off, use a new "--no-ssh" option to mandos-keygen.

* INSTALL (Mandos Server, Mandos Client): Document new suggested
                                          installation of SSH.
* Makefile (confdir/clients.conf): Use new "--no-ssh" option to
                                   "mandos-keygen".
* debian/control (mandos/Depends): Changed to "fping | ssh-client".
  (mandos-client/Recommends): New; set to "ssh".
* intro.xml (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS): Rename and rewrite section
                                          called "Faking ping
                                          replies?" to address new
                                          default behavior.
* mandos-clients.conf.xml (OPTIONS/checker): Briefly discuss new
                                             behavior of
                                             mandos-keygen.
* mandos-keygen: Bug fix: Suppress failure output of "shred" to remove
                 "sec*", since no such files may exist.
 (password mode): Scan for SSH key fingerprints and output as new
                  "checker" and "ssh_fingerprint" options, unless new
                  "--no-ssh" option is given.
* mandos-keygen.xml (SYNOPSIS/--force): Bug fix: Document short form.
  (OPTIONS/--no-ssh): New.
  (SEE ALSO): Add reference "ssh-keyscan(1)".
* plugins.d/mandos-client.xml (SECURITY): Briefly mention the
                                          possibility of using SSH key
                                          fingerprints for checking.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
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<!DOCTYPE para 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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<para>
 
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  This is part of the Mandos system for allowing computers to have
 
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  encrypted root file systems and at the same time be capable of
 
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  remote and/or unattended reboots.  The computers run a small client
 
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  program in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment which
 
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  will communicate with a server over a network.  All network
 
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  communication is encrypted using <acronym>TLS</acronym>.  The
 
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  clients are identified by the server using an OpenPGP key; each
 
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  client has one unique to it.  The server sends the clients an
 
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  encrypted password.  The encrypted password is decrypted by the
 
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  clients using the same OpenPGP key, and the password is then used to
 
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  unlock the root file system, whereupon the computers can continue
 
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  booting normally.
 
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</para>