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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 COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2010-09-26">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
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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>2011</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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      using TLS with an OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and
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      confidentiality.  This client program keeps running, trying all
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      servers on the network, until it receives a satisfactory reply
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      or a TERM signal is received.  If no servers are found, or after
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      all servers have been tried, it waits indefinitely for new
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      servers to appear.
 
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      or a TERM signal.  After all servers have been tried, all
 
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      servers are periodically retried.  If no servers are found it
 
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      will wait indefinitely for new servers to appear.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
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        >SECONDS</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            All Mandos servers servers are tried repeatedly until a
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            password is received.  This value specifies, in seconds,
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            how long between each successive try <emphasis>for the
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            same server</emphasis>.  The default is 10 seconds.
 
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            All Mandos servers are tried repeatedly until a password
 
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            is received.  This value specifies, in seconds, how long
 
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            between each successive try <emphasis>for the same
 
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            server</emphasis>.  The default is 10 seconds.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      server could be found and the password received from it could be
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      successfully decrypted and output on standard output.  The
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      program will exit with a non-zero exit status only if a critical
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      error occurs.  Otherwise, it will forever connect to new
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      <application>Mandos</application> servers as they appear, trying
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      to get a decryptable password and print it.
 
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      error occurs.  Otherwise, it will forever connect to any
 
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      discovered <application>Mandos</application> servers, trying to
 
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      get a decryptable password and print it.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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    <para>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>