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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2019-10-20 03:39:15 UTC
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Update Debian package standard-version to "4.4.1"

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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-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-01-01">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-18">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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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      <year>2017</year>
 
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      <year>2018</year>
 
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      <year>2019</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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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--force</option></arg>
 
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      <group>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--tls-keytype
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-T
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <group>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--force</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-f</option></arg>
 
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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-n
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--no-ssh</option></arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to generate the
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      OpenPGP key used by
 
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      TLS and OpenPGP keys used by
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The key is
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      normally written to /etc/mandos for later installation into the
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      initrd image, but this, and most other things, can be changed
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      with command line options.
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The keys are
 
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      normally written to /etc/keys/mandos for later installation into
 
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      the initrd image, but this, and most other things, can be
 
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      changed with command line options.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program can also be used with the
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Target directory for key files.  Default is
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            <filename class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename>.
 
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            Target directory for key files.  Default is <filename
 
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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            Key type.  Default is <quote>DSA</quote>.
 
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            OpenPGP key type.  Default is <quote>RSA</quote>.
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          </para>
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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            Key length in bits.  Default is 2048.
 
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            OpenPGP key length in bits.  Default is 4096.
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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            Subkey type.  Default is <quote>ELG-E</quote> (Elgamal
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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            Comment field for key.  The default value is
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            Comment field for key.  Default is empty.
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          </para>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
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            present in either <filename>/etc/mandos</filename> or the
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            directory specified with the <option>--dir</option>
 
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            option.  Outputs, on standard output, a section suitable
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            for inclusion in <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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            >mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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