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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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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-29">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2014-06-15">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
 
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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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    <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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
 
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      <year>2009</year>
 
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      <year>2010</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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    </copyright>
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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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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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        later version.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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        for more details.
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      </para>
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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        License along with this program; If not, see
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
 
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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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      <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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    <title>NETWORK PROTOCOL</title>
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    <title>CHECKING</title>
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    <para>
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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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      checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
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      both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
 
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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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      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
 
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      can be configured both globally and per client; see
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 
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    <title>APPROVAL</title>
 
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      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
 
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      client before it is sent its secret.  The delay to wait for such
 
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      approval and the default action (approve or deny) can be
 
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      configured 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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    </para>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  By default all clients
 
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      will be approved immediately without delay.
 
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    </para>
 
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      This can be used to deny a client its secret if not manually
 
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      approved within a specified time.  It can also be used to make
 
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      the server delay before giving a client its secret, allowing
 
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
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    <para>
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      The server will send log message with various severity levels to
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      <filename>/dev/log</filename>.  With the
 
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      <filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename>.  With the
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      <option>--debug</option> option, it will log even more messages,
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      and also show them on the console.
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      Client settings, initially read from
 
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
 
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      restarts, and run-time changes will override settings in
 
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
 
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      <emphasis>changed</emphasis> (or a client added, or removed) in
 
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
 
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      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
 
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      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
 
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      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
 
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      critical error is encountered.
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
 
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        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            To start the configured checker (see <xref
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  <refsect1 id="file">
 
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos/mandos.pid</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
 
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        <term><filename>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
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            The file containing the process id of the
 
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
 
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            <emphasis >Note:</emphasis> If the <filename
 
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            class="directory">/run</filename> directory does not
 
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            used instead.
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><filename
 
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        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
 
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            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
 
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            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
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    </para>
424
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    <para>
425
 
      Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
426
 
      having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
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      permanent storage.  This has some security implications, see
428
 
      <xref linkend="CLIENTS"/>.
429
 
    </para>
430
 
    <para>
431
 
      There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
432
 
      status of clients, other than analyzing its <systemitem
433
 
      class="service">syslog</systemitem> output.
434
 
    </para>
435
 
    <para>
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      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
437
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    </para>
438
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    <para>
439
 
      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
440
 
    </para>
441
 
    <para>
442
 
      The console log messages does not show a timestamp.
 
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      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
 
590
      keys.
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    </para>
444
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  </refsect1>
445
593
  
456
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    <informalexample>
457
605
      <para>
458
606
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
459
 
        the <filename>~/mandos</filename> directory, and use the
460
 
        Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not collide with
461
 
        any other official Mandos server on this host:
 
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        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
 
608
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
 
609
        collide with any other official Mandos server on this host:
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610
      </para>
463
611
      <para>
464
612
 
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      </para>
481
629
    </informalexample>
482
630
  </refsect1>
483
 
 
 
631
  
484
632
  <refsect1 id="security">
485
633
    <title>SECURITY</title>
486
 
    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
 
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    <refsect2 id="server">
487
635
      <title>SERVER</title>
488
636
      <para>
489
637
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
490
638
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
491
 
        computer running it.  The program does not need any special
492
 
        privileges to run, and is designed to run as a non-root user.
 
639
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
 
640
        soon after startup.
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      </para>
494
642
    </refsect2>
495
 
    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
 
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    <refsect2 id="clients">
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      <title>CLIENTS</title>
497
645
      <para>
498
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        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
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653
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
506
654
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
507
655
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
508
 
        except the user running the server.
 
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        except the user starting the server (usually root).
509
657
      </para>
510
658
      <para>
511
659
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
513
661
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
514
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      </para>
515
663
      <para>
516
 
        If a client is compromised, its downtime should be duly noted
517
 
        by the server which would therefore declare the client
518
 
        invalid.  But if the server was ever restarted, it would
519
 
        re-read its client list from its configuration file and again
520
 
        regard all clients therein as valid, and hence eligible to
521
 
        receive their passwords.  Therefore, be careful when
522
 
        restarting servers if it is suspected that a client has, in
523
 
        fact, been compromised by parties who may now be running a
524
 
        fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted
525
 
        initial RAM image of the client host.  What should be done in
526
 
        that case (if restarting the server program really is
527
 
        necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the
528
 
        configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart
529
 
        the server program.
530
 
      </para>
531
 
      <para>
532
664
        For more details on client-side security, see
533
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
665
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
534
666
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
535
667
      </para>
536
668
    </refsect2>
537
669
  </refsect1>
538
 
 
 
670
  
539
671
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
540
672
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
541
673
    <para>
542
 
      <citerefentry>
543
 
        <refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
544
 
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
545
 
        <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
546
 
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
547
 
        <refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
548
 
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
549
 
        <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
550
 
      </citerefentry>
 
674
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
675
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
676
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
677
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
678
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
 
679
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
680
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
681
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
682
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
 
683
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
551
684
    </para>
552
685
    <variablelist>
553
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      <varlistentry>