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The network interface is selected like this: If an interface is
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specified using the <option>--interface</option> option, that
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interface is used. Otherwise, <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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will choose any interface that is up and running and is not a
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loopback interface, is not a point-to-point interface, is
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capable of broadcasting and does not have the NOARP flag (see
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<manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>). (If the
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<option>--connect</option> option is used, point-to-point
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interfaces and non-broadcast interfaces are accepted.) If no
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acceptable interfaces are found, re-run the check but without
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the <quote>up and running</quote> requirement, and manually take
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the selected interface up (and later take it down on program
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hooks</quote> are run; see <xref linkend="network-hooks"/>.
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<refsect1 id="network-hooks">
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<title>NETWORK HOOKS</title>
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If a network interface like a bridge or tunnel is required to
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find a Mandos server, this requires the interface to be up and
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running before <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> starts looking
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for Mandos servers. This can be accomplished by creating a
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<quote>network hook</quote> program, and placing it in a special
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Before the network is used (and again before program exit), any
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runnable programs found in the network hook directory are run
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with the argument <quote><literal>start</literal></quote> or
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<quote><literal>stop</literal></quote>. This should bring up or
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down, respectively, any network interface which
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> should use.
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<title>REQUIREMENTS</title>
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A network hook must be an executable file, and its name must
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consist entirely of upper and lower case letters, digits,
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underscores, periods, and hyphens.
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A network hook will receive one argument, which can be one of
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<term><literal>start</literal></term>
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This should make the network hook create (if necessary)
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and bring up a network interface.
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<term><literal>stop</literal></term>
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This should make the network hook take down a network
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interface, and delete it if it did not exist previously.
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<term><literal>files</literal></term>
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This should make the network hook print, <emphasis>one
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file per line</emphasis>, all the files needed for it to
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run. (These files will be copied into the initial RAM
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filesystem.) Typical use is for a network hook which is
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a shell script to print its needed binaries.
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It is not necessary to print any non-executable files
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already in the network hook directory, these will be
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copied implicitly if they otherwise satisfy the name
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<term><literal>modules</literal></term>
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This should make the network hook print, <emphasis>on
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separate lines</emphasis>, all the kernel modules needed
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for it to run. (These modules will be copied into the
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initial RAM filesystem.) For instance, a tunnel
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<quote><literal>tun</literal></quote> module.
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The network hook will be provided with a number of environment
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<term><envar>MANDOSNETHOOKDIR</envar></term>
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The network hook directory, specified to
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> by the
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<option>--network-hook-dir</option> option. Note: this
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should <emphasis>always</emphasis> be used by the
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network hook to refer to itself or any files in the hook
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directory it may require.
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<term><envar>DEVICE</envar></term>
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The network interface, as specified to
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> by the
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<option>--interface</option> option. If this is not the
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interface a hook will bring up, there is no reason for a
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<term><envar>MODE</envar></term>
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This will be the same as the first argument;
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i.e. <quote><literal>start</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>stop</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>files</literal></quote>, or
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<quote><literal>modules</literal></quote>.
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<term><envar>VERBOSITY</envar></term>
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This will be the <quote><literal>1</literal></quote> if
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the <option>--debug</option> option is passed to
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>, otherwise
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<quote><literal>0</literal></quote>.
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<term><envar>DELAY</envar></term>
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This will be the same as the <option>--delay</option>
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option passed to <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
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A hook may not read from standard input, and should be
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restrictive in printing to standard output or standard error
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unless <varname>VERBOSITY</varname> is
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<quote><literal>1</literal></quote>.
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