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Add ":!RSA" to GnuTLS priority string, to disallow non-DHE kx.

If Mandos was somehow made to use a non-ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key
exchange algorithm in the TLS handshake, any saved network traffic
could then be decrypted later if the Mandos client key was obtained.
By default, Mandos uses ephemeral DH key exchanges which does not have
this problem, but a non-ephemeral key exchange algorithm was still
enabled by default.  The simplest solution is to simply turn that off,
which ensures that Mandos will always use ephemeral DH key exchanges.

There is a "PFS" priority string specifier, but we can't use it because:

1. Security-wise, it is a mix between "NORMAL" and "SECURE128" - it
   enables a lot more algorithms than "SECURE256".

2. It is only available since GnuTLS 3.2.4.

Thanks to Andreas Fischer <af@bantuX.org> for reporting this issue.

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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-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-29">
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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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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      </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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      <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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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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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        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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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
 
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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    <para>
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <variablelist>
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        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
 
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        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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    </variablelist>
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Temporary files will be written here if
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    <title>BUGS</title>
422
 
    <para>
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      None are known at this time.
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    </para>
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426
 
 
 
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448
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
439
 
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
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        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
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        overwriting old key files:
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      <para>
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473
 
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    </informalexample>
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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      <para>
 
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        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
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        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
480
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
481
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482
      <para>
 
483
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
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486
    <informalexample>
 
487
      <para>
 
488
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
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        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
490
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
491
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492
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493
 
 
494
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
495
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
 
496
 
 
497
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498
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449
499
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450
 
 
 
500
  
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  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
453
503
    <para>
454
504
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
455
505
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
456
 
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
457
 
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
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      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
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      doubt, leave them to the default values.
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    </para>
459
509
    <para>
460
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
461
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
510
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
511
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
462
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
463
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    </para>
464
514
  </refsect1>
465
 
 
 
515
  
466
516
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
467
517
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
468
518
    <para>
 
519
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
520
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
469
521
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
470
522
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
523
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
524
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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525
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
472
526
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
473
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
474
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
527
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
528
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
529
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
 
530
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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531
    </para>
476
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  </refsect1>
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