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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2016-02-28 14:22:10 UTC
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Update copyright year.

* DBUS-API: Update copyright year.
* debian/copyright: - '' -
* intro.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* mandos: - '' -
* mandos-clients.conf.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* mandos-ctl: - '' -
* mandos-ctl.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* mandos-keygen: - '' -
* mandos-keygen.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* mandos-monitor: - '' -
* mandos-monitor.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* mandos.conf.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* mandos.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* plugin-helpers/mandos-client-iprouteadddel.c: - '' -
* plugin-runner.c: - '' -
* plugin-runner.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* plugins.d/askpass-fifo.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/askpass-fifo.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* plugins.d/mandos-client.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/mandos-client.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* plugins.d/password-prompt.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/password-prompt.xml (COPYRIGHT): - ''
* plugins.d/plymouth.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/plymouth.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* plugins.d/splashy.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/splashy.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -
* plugins.d/usplash.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/usplash.xml (COPYRIGHT): - '' -

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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-keygen">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2016-02-28">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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]>
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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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    <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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      <year>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</year>
 
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      <year>2016</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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      </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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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-s
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            encryption-only).
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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          <para>
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            Subkey length in bits.  Default is 2048.
 
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            Subkey length in bits.  Default is 4096.
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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            >mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
 
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    <para>
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      otherwise not.
 
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      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
 
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        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
 
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          <para>
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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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        <listitem>
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379
 
    <title>BUGS</title>
380
 
    <para>
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382
 
    </para>
383
 
  </refsect1>
384
 
 
 
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453
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455
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456
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458
  
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
387
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    <informalexample>
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        Normal invocation needs no options:
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      </para>
391
465
      <para>
392
 
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
393
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394
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
397
 
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
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        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
398
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        overwriting old key files:
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      </para>
400
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      <para>
401
475
 
402
476
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
403
 
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
477
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
478
 
 
479
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480
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481
    <informalexample>
 
482
      <para>
 
483
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
484
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
485
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
486
      </para>
 
487
      <para>
 
488
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
489
      </para>
 
490
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491
    <informalexample>
 
492
      <para>
 
493
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
494
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
495
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
496
      </para>
 
497
      <para>
 
498
 
 
499
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
500
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
404
501
 
405
502
      </para>
406
503
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407
504
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408
 
 
 
505
  
409
506
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410
507
    <title>SECURITY</title>
411
508
    <para>
412
509
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
413
510
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
414
 
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
415
 
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
511
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
512
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
416
513
    </para>
417
514
    <para>
418
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
419
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
515
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
516
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
420
517
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
421
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    </para>
422
519
  </refsect1>
423
 
 
 
520
  
424
521
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425
522
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
426
523
    <para>
427
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
524
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
428
525
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
526
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
527
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
528
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
529
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
429
530
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
430
531
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
431
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
532
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
533
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
534
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
432
535
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
433
536
    </para>
434
537
  </refsect1>
435
538
  
436
539
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540
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