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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2024-09-08 00:11:24 UTC
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl"
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        href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"?>
 
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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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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</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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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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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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      </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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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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      <year>2009</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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        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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    <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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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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            Email address of key.  Default is empty.
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
 
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        <term><option>--comment
 
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-c
 
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Comment field for key.  Default is empty.
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236
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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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        <term><option>-x
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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          <para>
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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248
 
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        <term><literal>-f</literal>, <literal>--force</literal></term>
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            Force overwriting old keys.
 
330
      
 
331
      <varlistentry>
 
332
        <term><option>--tls-keytype
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
334
        <term><option>-T
 
335
        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
337
          <para>
 
338
            TLS key type.  Default is <quote>ed25519</quote>
 
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342
      
 
343
      <varlistentry>
 
344
        <term><option>--force</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-f</option></term>
 
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348
            Force overwriting old key.
 
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350
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      <varlistentry>
 
353
        <term><option>--password</option></term>
 
354
        <term><option>-p</option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
357
            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
 
358
            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
 
363
            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
 
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            specified with the <option>--name</option> option is used
 
365
            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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369
          </para>
 
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373
        <term><option>--passfile
 
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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        <listitem>
 
378
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            The same as <option>--password</option>, but read from
 
380
            <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>, not the terminal, and
 
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            white space is not stripped from the password in any way.
 
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        <term><option>--no-ssh</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-S</option></term>
 
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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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258
 
 
 
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
 
405
    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
 
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program is a small utility to generate new TLS and OpenPGP
 
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      inclusion in <filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
 
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
261
416
    <para>
 
417
      The exit status will be 0 if a new key (or password, if the
 
418
      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
 
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      created, otherwise not.
262
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    </para>
263
421
  </refsect1>
264
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265
 
  <refsect1 id="file">
 
423
  <refsect1 id="environment">
 
424
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
 
425
    <variablelist>
 
426
      <varlistentry>
 
427
        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
 
428
        <listitem>
 
429
          <para>
 
430
            If set, temporary files will be created here. See
 
431
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mktemp</refentrytitle>
 
432
            <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 
433
          </para>
 
434
        </listitem>
 
435
      </varlistentry>
 
436
    </variablelist>
 
437
  </refsect1>
 
438
  
 
439
  <refsect1 id="files">
266
440
    <title>FILES</title>
267
441
    <para>
268
 
    </para>
269
 
  </refsect1>
270
 
 
271
 
  <refsect1 id="notes">
272
 
    <title>NOTES</title>
273
 
    <para>
274
 
    </para>
 
442
      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
 
443
      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> will write the key files.  The
 
444
      default file names are shown here.
 
445
    </para>
 
446
    <variablelist>
 
447
      <varlistentry>
 
448
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
 
449
        <listitem>
 
450
          <para>
 
451
            OpenPGP secret key file which will be created or
 
452
            overwritten.
 
453
          </para>
 
454
        </listitem>
 
455
      </varlistentry>
 
456
      <varlistentry>
 
457
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
 
458
        <listitem>
 
459
          <para>
 
460
            OpenPGP public key file which will be created or
 
461
            overwritten.
 
462
          </para>
 
463
        </listitem>
 
464
      </varlistentry>
 
465
      <varlistentry>
 
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>
 
483
        <listitem>
 
484
          <para>
 
485
            Temporary files will be written here if
 
486
            <varname>TMPDIR</varname> is not set.
 
487
          </para>
 
488
        </listitem>
 
489
      </varlistentry>
 
490
    </variablelist>
275
491
  </refsect1>
276
492
  
277
493
  <refsect1 id="bugs">
278
494
    <title>BUGS</title>
279
495
    <para>
280
 
    </para>
281
 
  </refsect1>
282
 
 
283
 
  <refsect1 id="examples">
284
 
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
285
 
    <para>
286
 
    </para>
287
 
  </refsect1>
288
 
 
 
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.
 
501
    </para>
 
502
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
 
503
  </refsect1>
 
504
  
 
505
  <refsect1 id="example">
 
506
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
 
507
    <informalexample>
 
508
      <para>
 
509
        Normal invocation needs no options:
 
510
      </para>
 
511
      <para>
 
512
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
513
      </para>
 
514
    </informalexample>
 
515
    <informalexample>
 
516
      <para>
 
517
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
518
        overwriting old key files:
 
519
      </para>
 
520
      <para>
 
521
 
 
522
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
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>
 
547
 
 
548
      </para>
 
549
    </informalexample>
 
550
  </refsect1>
 
551
  
289
552
  <refsect1 id="security">
290
553
    <title>SECURITY</title>
291
554
    <para>
 
555
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
 
556
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
 
557
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
558
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
559
    </para>
 
560
    <para>
 
561
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
562
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
563
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
292
564
    </para>
293
565
  </refsect1>
294
 
 
 
566
  
295
567
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
296
568
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
297
569
    <para>
298
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
570
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
299
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>,
300
576
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
301
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
302
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
577
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
578
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
579
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
580
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
303
581
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
304
582
    </para>
305
583
  </refsect1>
306
584
  
307
585
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586
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