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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 "2019-07-18">
 
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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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    <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>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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    <legalnotice>
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      <para>
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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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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-L
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-e
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <para>
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            Comment field for key.  The default value is
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            <quote><literal>Mandos client key</literal></quote>.
 
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            Comment field for key.  Default is empty.
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        <replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
 
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        <term><option>--expire
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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        <term><literal>-f</literal>, <literal>--force</literal></term>
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          <para>
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            Force overwriting old keys.
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--tls-keytype
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-T
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            TLS key type.  Default is <quote>ed25519</quote>
 
339
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      <varlistentry>
 
344
        <term><option>--force</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-f</option></term>
 
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            Force overwriting old key.
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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        <term><option>--password</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-p</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/keys/mandos</filename> or
 
359
            the directory specified with the <option>--dir</option>
 
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            option.  Outputs, on standard output, a section suitable
 
361
            for inclusion in <citerefentry><refentrytitle
 
362
            >mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
 
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
 
364
            specified with the <option>--name</option> option is used
 
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            for the section header.  All other options are ignored,
 
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            and no key is created.  Note: white space is stripped from
 
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            the beginning and from the end of the password; See <xref
 
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372
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373
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374
        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-F
 
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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379
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380
            <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>, not the terminal, and
 
381
            white space is not stripped from the password in any way.
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
386
        <term><option>--no-ssh</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-S</option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            When <option>--password</option> or
 
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            <option>--passfile</option> is given, this option will
 
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            prevent <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> from calling
 
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            <command>ssh-keyscan</command> to get an SSH fingerprint
 
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            for this host and, if successful, output suitable config
 
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            options to use this fingerprint as a
 
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            <option>checker</option> option in the output.  This is
 
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306
 
 
 
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307
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
308
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
309
406
    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
310
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    <para>
311
 
      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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      new Mandos clients.
 
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      This program is a small utility to generate new TLS and OpenPGP
 
409
      keys for new Mandos clients, and to generate sections for
 
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      inclusion in <filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
313
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314
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  </refsect1>
315
 
 
 
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316
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
317
415
    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
318
416
    <para>
319
 
      The exit status will be 0 if new keys were successfully created,
320
 
      otherwise not.
 
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      The exit status will be 0 if a new key (or password, if the
 
418
      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
 
419
      created, otherwise not.
321
420
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322
421
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323
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325
424
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
326
425
    <variablelist>
327
426
      <varlistentry>
328
 
        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
 
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        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
329
428
        <listitem>
330
429
          <para>
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430
            If set, temporary files will be created here. See
337
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    </variablelist>
338
437
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339
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340
 
  <refsect1 id="file">
 
439
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341
440
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342
441
    <para>
343
442
      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
346
445
    </para>
347
446
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348
447
      <varlistentry>
349
 
        <term><filename>/etc/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
 
448
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
350
449
        <listitem>
351
450
          <para>
352
451
            OpenPGP secret key file which will be created or
355
454
        </listitem>
356
455
      </varlistentry>
357
456
      <varlistentry>
358
 
        <term><filename>/etc/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
 
457
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
359
458
        <listitem>
360
459
          <para>
361
460
            OpenPGP public key file which will be created or
364
463
        </listitem>
365
464
      </varlistentry>
366
465
      <varlistentry>
367
 
        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
466
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-privkey.pem</filename></term>
 
467
        <listitem>
 
468
          <para>
 
469
            Private key file which will be created or overwritten.
 
470
          </para>
 
471
        </listitem>
 
472
      </varlistentry>
 
473
      <varlistentry>
 
474
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-pubkey.pem</filename></term>
 
475
        <listitem>
 
476
          <para>
 
477
            Public key file which will be created or overwritten.
 
478
          </para>
 
479
        </listitem>
 
480
      </varlistentry>
 
481
      <varlistentry>
 
482
        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
368
483
        <listitem>
369
484
          <para>
370
485
            Temporary files will be written here if
374
489
      </varlistentry>
375
490
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376
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377
 
 
 
492
  
378
493
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379
494
    <title>BUGS</title>
380
495
    <para>
381
 
      None are known at this time.
 
496
      The <option>--password</option>/<option>-p</option> option
 
497
      strips white space from the start and from the end of the
 
498
      password before using it.  If this is a problem, use the
 
499
      <option>--passfile</option> option instead, which does not do
 
500
      this.
382
501
    </para>
 
502
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
383
503
  </refsect1>
384
 
 
 
504
  
385
505
  <refsect1 id="example">
386
506
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
387
507
    <informalexample>
389
509
        Normal invocation needs no options:
390
510
      </para>
391
511
      <para>
392
 
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
512
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
393
513
      </para>
394
514
    </informalexample>
395
515
    <informalexample>
396
516
      <para>
397
 
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
517
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
398
518
        overwriting old key files:
399
519
      </para>
400
520
      <para>
401
521
 
402
522
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
403
 
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
523
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
524
 
 
525
      </para>
 
526
    </informalexample>
 
527
    <informalexample>
 
528
      <para>
 
529
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in <filename
 
530
        class="directory">/etc/keys/mandos</filename> and output a
 
531
        section suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
532
      </para>
 
533
      <para>
 
534
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
535
      </para>
 
536
    </informalexample>
 
537
    <informalexample>
 
538
      <para>
 
539
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in the
 
540
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
541
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
542
      </para>
 
543
      <para>
 
544
 
 
545
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
546
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
404
547
 
405
548
      </para>
406
549
    </informalexample>
407
550
  </refsect1>
408
 
 
 
551
  
409
552
  <refsect1 id="security">
410
553
    <title>SECURITY</title>
411
554
    <para>
412
555
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
413
556
      <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.
 
557
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
558
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
416
559
    </para>
417
560
    <para>
418
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
419
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
561
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
562
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
420
563
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
421
564
    </para>
422
565
  </refsect1>
423
 
 
 
566
  
424
567
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425
568
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
426
569
    <para>
427
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
570
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
428
571
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
572
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
573
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
574
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
575
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
429
576
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
430
577
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
431
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
578
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
579
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
580
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
432
581
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
433
582
    </para>
434
583
  </refsect1>
435
584
  
436
585
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586
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