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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 VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2015-01-25">
 
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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>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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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>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
 
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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@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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      <para>
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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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      <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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  <refnamediv>
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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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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg>--interface<arg choice="plain">IF</arg></arg>
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      <arg>--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
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      <arg>--port<arg choice="plain">PORT</arg></arg>
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      <arg>--priority<arg choice="plain">PRIORITY</arg></arg>
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      <arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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      <arg>--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
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      <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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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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    <para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="checking">
305
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    <title>CHECKING</title>
306
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    <para>
307
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      The server will, by default, continually check that the clients
308
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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,
311
 
      checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
312
 
      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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    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
 
420
  
 
421
  <refsect1 id="approval">
 
422
    <title>APPROVAL</title>
 
423
    <para>
 
424
      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
 
425
      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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    <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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      optional manual denying of this specific client.
 
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    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
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318
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  <refsect1 id="logging">
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
320
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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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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="persistent_state">
 
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    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
 
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    <para>
 
454
      Client settings, initially read from
 
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
 
456
      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
 
459
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
 
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    </para>
 
461
  </refsect1>
 
462
  
 
463
  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
 
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    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
 
465
    <para>
 
466
      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
 
468
      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
 
469
      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
 
470
    </para>
 
471
  </refsect1>
 
472
  
328
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
329
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
330
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    <para>
332
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      critical error is encountered.
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    </para>
334
479
  </refsect1>
335
 
 
 
480
  
336
481
  <refsect1 id="environment">
337
482
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
338
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    <variablelist>
339
484
      <varlistentry>
340
 
        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
 
485
        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
341
486
        <listitem>
342
487
          <para>
343
488
            To start the configured checker (see <xref
352
497
      </varlistentry>
353
498
    </variablelist>
354
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  </refsect1>
355
 
 
356
 
  <refsect1 id="file">
 
500
  
 
501
  <refsect1 id="files">
357
502
    <title>FILES</title>
358
503
    <para>
359
504
      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
382
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        </listitem>
383
528
      </varlistentry>
384
529
      <varlistentry>
385
 
        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos/mandos.pid</filename></term>
386
 
        <listitem>
387
 
          <para>
388
 
            The file containing the process id of
389
 
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
 
530
        <term><filename>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
531
        <listitem>
 
532
          <para>
 
533
            The file containing the process id of the
 
534
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
 
535
            <emphasis >Note:</emphasis> If the <filename
 
536
            class="directory">/run</filename> directory does not
 
537
            exist, <filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename> will be
 
538
            used instead.
 
539
          </para>
 
540
        </listitem>
 
541
      </varlistentry>
 
542
      <varlistentry>
 
543
        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
 
544
      </varlistentry>
 
545
      <varlistentry>
 
546
        <term><filename
 
547
        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
 
548
        <listitem>
 
549
          <para>
 
550
            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
 
551
            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
 
552
            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
390
553
          </para>
391
554
        </listitem>
392
555
      </varlistentry>
420
583
      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
421
584
    </para>
422
585
    <para>
423
 
      Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
424
 
      having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
425
 
      permanent storage.  This has some security implications, see
426
 
      <xref linkend="CLIENTS"/>.
427
 
    </para>
428
 
    <para>
429
 
      There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
430
 
      status of clients, other than analyzing its <systemitem
431
 
      class="service">syslog</systemitem> output.
432
 
    </para>
433
 
    <para>
434
586
      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
435
587
    </para>
436
588
    <para>
437
 
      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
438
 
    </para>
439
 
    <para>
440
 
      The console log messages does not show a timestamp.
 
589
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
 
590
      keys.
441
591
    </para>
442
592
  </refsect1>
443
593
  
448
598
        Normal invocation needs no options:
449
599
      </para>
450
600
      <para>
451
 
        <userinput>mandos</userinput>
 
601
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
452
602
      </para>
453
603
    </informalexample>
454
604
    <informalexample>
455
605
      <para>
456
606
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
457
 
        the <filename>~/mandos</filename> directory, and use the
458
 
        Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not collide with
459
 
        any other official Mandos server on this host:
 
607
        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:
460
610
      </para>
461
611
      <para>
462
612
 
463
613
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
464
 
<userinput>mandos --debug --configdir ~/mandos --servicename Test</userinput>
 
614
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --configdir ~/mandos --servicename Test</userinput>
465
615
 
466
616
      </para>
467
617
    </informalexample>
473
623
      <para>
474
624
 
475
625
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
476
 
<userinput>mandos --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
 
626
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
477
627
 
478
628
      </para>
479
629
    </informalexample>
480
630
  </refsect1>
481
 
 
 
631
  
482
632
  <refsect1 id="security">
483
633
    <title>SECURITY</title>
484
 
    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
 
634
    <refsect2 id="server">
485
635
      <title>SERVER</title>
486
636
      <para>
487
637
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
488
638
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
489
 
        computer running it.  The program does not need any special
490
 
        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.
491
641
      </para>
492
642
    </refsect2>
493
 
    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
 
643
    <refsect2 id="clients">
494
644
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
495
645
      <para>
496
646
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
503
653
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
504
654
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
505
655
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
506
 
        except the user running the server.
 
656
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
507
657
      </para>
508
658
      <para>
509
659
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
511
661
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
512
662
      </para>
513
663
      <para>
514
 
        If a client is compromised, its downtime should be duly noted
515
 
        by the server which would therefore declare the client
516
 
        invalid.  But if the server was ever restarted, it would
517
 
        re-read its client list from its configuration file and again
518
 
        regard all clients therein as valid, and hence eligible to
519
 
        receive their passwords.  Therefore, be careful when
520
 
        restarting servers if it is suspected that a client has, in
521
 
        fact, been compromised by parties who may now be running a
522
 
        fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted
523
 
        initial RAM image of the client host.  What should be done in
524
 
        that case (if restarting the server program really is
525
 
        necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the
526
 
        configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart
527
 
        the server program.
528
 
      </para>
529
 
      <para>
530
664
        For more details on client-side security, see
531
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
665
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
532
666
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
533
667
      </para>
534
668
    </refsect2>
535
669
  </refsect1>
536
 
 
 
670
  
537
671
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
538
672
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
539
673
    <para>
540
 
      <citerefentry>
541
 
        <refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
542
 
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
543
 
        <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
544
 
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
545
 
        <refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
546
 
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
547
 
        <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
548
 
      </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>
549
684
    </para>
550
685
    <variablelist>
551
686
      <varlistentry>
572
707
      </varlistentry>
573
708
      <varlistentry>
574
709
        <term>
575
 
          <ulink
576
 
              url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>
 
710
          <ulink url="http://gnutls.org/">GnuTLS</ulink>
577
711
        </term>
578
712
      <listitem>
579
713
        <para>
585
719
      </varlistentry>
586
720
      <varlistentry>
587
721
        <term>
588
 
          <citation>RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
589
 
          Architecture</citetitle>, section 2.5.6, Link-Local IPv6
590
 
          Unicast Addresses</citation>
 
722
          RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
 
723
          Architecture</citetitle>
591
724
        </term>
592
725
        <listitem>
593
 
          <para>
594
 
            The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
595
 
            immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
596
 
            automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it is
597
 
            brought up.
598
 
          </para>
 
726
          <variablelist>
 
727
            <varlistentry>
 
728
              <term>Section 2.2: <citetitle>Text Representation of
 
729
              Addresses</citetitle></term>
 
730
              <listitem><para/></listitem>
 
731
            </varlistentry>
 
732
            <varlistentry>
 
733
              <term>Section 2.5.5.2: <citetitle>IPv4-Mapped IPv6
 
734
              Address</citetitle></term>
 
735
              <listitem><para/></listitem>
 
736
            </varlistentry>
 
737
            <varlistentry>
 
738
            <term>Section 2.5.6, <citetitle>Link-Local IPv6 Unicast
 
739
            Addresses</citetitle></term>
 
740
            <listitem>
 
741
              <para>
 
742
                The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
 
743
                immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
 
744
                automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
 
745
                is brought up.
 
746
              </para>
 
747
            </listitem>
 
748
            </varlistentry>
 
749
          </variablelist>
599
750
        </listitem>
600
751
      </varlistentry>
601
752
      <varlistentry>
602
753
        <term>
603
 
          <citation>RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security
604
 
          (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle></citation>
 
754
          RFC 5246: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
 
755
          Protocol Version 1.2</citetitle>
605
756
        </term>
606
757
      <listitem>
607
758
        <para>
608
 
          TLS 1.1 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
 
759
          TLS 1.2 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
609
760
        </para>
610
761
      </listitem>
611
762
      </varlistentry>
612
763
      <varlistentry>
613
764
        <term>
614
 
          <citation>RFC 4880: <citetitle>OpenPGP Message
615
 
          Format</citetitle></citation>
 
765
          RFC 4880: <citetitle>OpenPGP Message Format</citetitle>
616
766
        </term>
617
767
      <listitem>
618
768
        <para>
622
772
      </varlistentry>
623
773
      <varlistentry>
624
774
        <term>
625
 
          <citation>RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for
626
 
          Transport Layer Security</citetitle></citation>
 
775
          RFC 6091: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
 
776
          Security (TLS) Authentication</citetitle>
627
777
        </term>
628
778
      <listitem>
629
779
        <para>
635
785
    </variablelist>
636
786
  </refsect1>
637
787
</refentry>
 
788
<!-- Local Variables: -->
 
789
<!-- time-stamp-start: "<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP [\"']" -->
 
790
<!-- time-stamp-end: "[\"']>" -->
 
791
<!-- time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d" -->
 
792
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