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http://bugs.debian.org/804967
* debian/control (Package: mandos/Depends): Removed "initscripts";
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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 "2015-07-20">
 
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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>&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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      </author>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</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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      <year>2015</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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        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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        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>--interface<arg choice="plain">IF</arg></arg>
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      <arg>--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</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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    <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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304
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  <refsect1 id="checking">
305
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    <title>CHECKING</title>
306
409
    <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
310
 
      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>
 
413
      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  (Manual
 
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      intervention is required to re-enable a client.)  The timeout,
 
415
      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
 
416
      can be configured both globally and per client; see
 
417
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
418
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 
419
    </para>
 
420
  </refsect1>
 
421
  
 
422
  <refsect1 id="approval">
 
423
    <title>APPROVAL</title>
 
424
    <para>
 
425
      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
 
426
      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>
313
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      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
314
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
315
 
    </para>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  By default all clients
 
431
      will be approved immediately without delay.
 
432
    </para>
 
433
    <para>
 
434
      This can be used to deny a client its secret if not manually
 
435
      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
 
437
      optional manual denying of this specific client.
 
438
    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
317
 
 
 
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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
322
 
      <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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452
  <refsect1 id="persistent_state">
 
453
    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
 
454
    <para>
 
455
      Client settings, initially read from
 
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
 
457
      restarts, and run-time changes will override settings in
 
458
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
 
459
      <emphasis>changed</emphasis> (or a client added, or removed) in
 
460
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
 
461
    </para>
 
462
  </refsect1>
 
463
  
 
464
  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
 
465
    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
 
466
    <para>
 
467
      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
 
468
      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
 
469
      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
 
470
      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
 
471
    </para>
 
472
  </refsect1>
 
473
  
328
474
  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
329
475
    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
330
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    <para>
332
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      critical error is encountered.
333
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    </para>
334
480
  </refsect1>
335
 
 
 
481
  
336
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  <refsect1 id="environment">
337
483
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
338
484
    <variablelist>
339
485
      <varlistentry>
340
 
        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
 
486
        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
341
487
        <listitem>
342
488
          <para>
343
489
            To start the configured checker (see <xref
352
498
      </varlistentry>
353
499
    </variablelist>
354
500
  </refsect1>
355
 
 
356
 
  <refsect1 id="file">
 
501
  
 
502
  <refsect1 id="files">
357
503
    <title>FILES</title>
358
504
    <para>
359
505
      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
382
528
        </listitem>
383
529
      </varlistentry>
384
530
      <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>.
 
531
        <term><filename>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
532
        <listitem>
 
533
          <para>
 
534
            The file containing the process id of the
 
535
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
 
536
            <emphasis >Note:</emphasis> If the <filename
 
537
            class="directory">/run</filename> directory does not
 
538
            exist, <filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename> will be
 
539
            used instead.
 
540
          </para>
 
541
        </listitem>
 
542
      </varlistentry>
 
543
      <varlistentry>
 
544
        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
 
545
      </varlistentry>
 
546
      <varlistentry>
 
547
        <term><filename
 
548
        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
 
549
        <listitem>
 
550
          <para>
 
551
            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
 
552
            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
 
553
            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
390
554
          </para>
391
555
        </listitem>
392
556
      </varlistentry>
420
584
      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
421
585
    </para>
422
586
    <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
587
      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
435
588
    </para>
436
589
    <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.
 
590
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
 
591
      keys.
441
592
    </para>
442
593
  </refsect1>
443
594
  
448
599
        Normal invocation needs no options:
449
600
      </para>
450
601
      <para>
451
 
        <userinput>mandos</userinput>
 
602
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
452
603
      </para>
453
604
    </informalexample>
454
605
    <informalexample>
455
606
      <para>
456
607
        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:
 
608
        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
 
609
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
 
610
        collide with any other official Mandos server on this host:
460
611
      </para>
461
612
      <para>
462
613
 
463
614
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
464
 
<userinput>mandos --debug --configdir ~/mandos --servicename Test</userinput>
 
615
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --configdir ~/mandos --servicename Test</userinput>
465
616
 
466
617
      </para>
467
618
    </informalexample>
473
624
      <para>
474
625
 
475
626
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
476
 
<userinput>mandos --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
 
627
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
477
628
 
478
629
      </para>
479
630
    </informalexample>
480
631
  </refsect1>
481
 
 
 
632
  
482
633
  <refsect1 id="security">
483
634
    <title>SECURITY</title>
484
 
    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
 
635
    <refsect2 id="server">
485
636
      <title>SERVER</title>
486
637
      <para>
487
638
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
488
639
        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.
 
640
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
 
641
        soon after startup.
491
642
      </para>
492
643
    </refsect2>
493
 
    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
 
644
    <refsect2 id="clients">
494
645
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
495
646
      <para>
496
647
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
503
654
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
504
655
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
505
656
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
506
 
        except the user running the server.
 
657
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
507
658
      </para>
508
659
      <para>
509
660
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
511
662
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
512
663
      </para>
513
664
      <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
665
        For more details on client-side security, see
531
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
666
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
532
667
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
533
668
      </para>
534
669
    </refsect2>
535
670
  </refsect1>
536
 
 
 
671
  
537
672
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
538
673
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
539
674
    <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>
 
675
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
676
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
677
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
678
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
679
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
 
680
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
681
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
682
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
683
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
 
684
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
549
685
    </para>
550
686
    <variablelist>
551
687
      <varlistentry>
572
708
      </varlistentry>
573
709
      <varlistentry>
574
710
        <term>
575
 
          <ulink
576
 
              url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>
 
711
          <ulink url="http://gnutls.org/">GnuTLS</ulink>
577
712
        </term>
578
713
      <listitem>
579
714
        <para>
585
720
      </varlistentry>
586
721
      <varlistentry>
587
722
        <term>
588
 
          <citation>RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
589
 
          Architecture</citetitle>, section 2.5.6, Link-Local IPv6
590
 
          Unicast Addresses</citation>
 
723
          RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
 
724
          Architecture</citetitle>
591
725
        </term>
592
726
        <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>
 
727
          <variablelist>
 
728
            <varlistentry>
 
729
              <term>Section 2.2: <citetitle>Text Representation of
 
730
              Addresses</citetitle></term>
 
731
              <listitem><para/></listitem>
 
732
            </varlistentry>
 
733
            <varlistentry>
 
734
              <term>Section 2.5.5.2: <citetitle>IPv4-Mapped IPv6
 
735
              Address</citetitle></term>
 
736
              <listitem><para/></listitem>
 
737
            </varlistentry>
 
738
            <varlistentry>
 
739
            <term>Section 2.5.6, <citetitle>Link-Local IPv6 Unicast
 
740
            Addresses</citetitle></term>
 
741
            <listitem>
 
742
              <para>
 
743
                The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
 
744
                immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
 
745
                automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
 
746
                is brought up.
 
747
              </para>
 
748
            </listitem>
 
749
            </varlistentry>
 
750
          </variablelist>
599
751
        </listitem>
600
752
      </varlistentry>
601
753
      <varlistentry>
602
754
        <term>
603
 
          <citation>RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security
604
 
          (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle></citation>
 
755
          RFC 5246: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
 
756
          Protocol Version 1.2</citetitle>
605
757
        </term>
606
758
      <listitem>
607
759
        <para>
608
 
          TLS 1.1 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
 
760
          TLS 1.2 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
609
761
        </para>
610
762
      </listitem>
611
763
      </varlistentry>
612
764
      <varlistentry>
613
765
        <term>
614
 
          <citation>RFC 4880: <citetitle>OpenPGP Message
615
 
          Format</citetitle></citation>
 
766
          RFC 4880: <citetitle>OpenPGP Message Format</citetitle>
616
767
        </term>
617
768
      <listitem>
618
769
        <para>
622
773
      </varlistentry>
623
774
      <varlistentry>
624
775
        <term>
625
 
          <citation>RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for
626
 
          Transport Layer Security</citetitle></citation>
 
776
          RFC 6091: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
 
777
          Security (TLS) Authentication</citetitle>
627
778
        </term>
628
779
      <listitem>
629
780
        <para>
635
786
    </variablelist>
636
787
  </refsect1>
637
788
</refentry>
 
789
<!-- Local Variables: -->
 
790
<!-- time-stamp-start: "<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP [\"']" -->
 
791
<!-- time-stamp-end: "[\"']>" -->
 
792
<!-- time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d" -->
 
793
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