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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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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-12">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2023-10-21">
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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>Mandos Manual</title>
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<productname>Mandos</productname>
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<productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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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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<copyright>
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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>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<group>
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<group rep='repeat'>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'
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>,<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i <replaceable>NAME</replaceable
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><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg
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></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<group>
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<replaceable>FILE</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>--tls-privkey
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-t
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<replaceable>FILE</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>--tls-pubkey
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-T
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--priority <replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--dh-params <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--delay <replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--retry <replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--network-hook-dir
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<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--debug</option>
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</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a client program that
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communicates with <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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to get a password. It uses IPv6 link-local addresses to get
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network connectivity, Zeroconf to find servers, and TLS with an
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OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and confidentiality. It
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keeps running, trying all servers on the network, until it
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receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is received.
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to get a password. In slightly more detail, this client program
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brings up network interfaces, uses the interfaces’ IPv6
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link-local addresses to get network connectivity, uses Zeroconf
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to find servers on the local network, and communicates with
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servers using TLS with a raw public key to ensure authenticity
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and confidentiality. This client program keeps running, trying
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all servers on the network, until it receives a satisfactory
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reply 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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The network interfaces are selected like this: If any interfaces
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are specified using the <option>--interface</option> option,
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those interface are used. Otherwise,
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> will use all interfaces that
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are not loopback interfaces, are not point-to-point interfaces,
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are capable of broadcasting and do not have the NOARP flag (see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>netdevice</refentrytitle>
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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 any
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used interfaces are not up and running, they are first taken up
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(and later taken down again on program exit).
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</para>
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<para>
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Before network interfaces are selected, all <quote>network
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hooks</quote> are run; see <xref linkend="network-hooks"/>.
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This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
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to run as a plugin of the <application>Mandos</application>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which runs in the
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initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment because it is
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specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> in the <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry> file.
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to be run by other programs in the initial
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<acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment; see <xref
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linkend="overview"/>.
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</para>
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<para>
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This program is commonly not invoked from the command line; it
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is normally started by the <application>Mandos</application>
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plugin runner, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>. Any command line options this program accepts
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are therefore normally provided by the plugin runner, and not
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directly.
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is normally started by another program as described in <xref
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linkend="description"/>. Any command line options this program
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accepts are therefore normally provided by the invoking program,
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and not directly.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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assumed to separate the address from the port number.
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</para>
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<para>
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This option is normally only useful for testing and
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debugging.
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Normally, Zeroconf would be used to locate Mandos servers,
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in which case this option would only be used when testing
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and debugging.
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--interface=
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>--interface=<replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></term>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></term>
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<para>
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Network interface that will be brought up and scanned for
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Mandos servers to connect to. The default it
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<quote><literal>eth0</literal></quote>.
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If the <option>--connect</option> option is used, this
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specifies the interface to use to connect to the address
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given.
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Comma separated list of network interfaces that will be
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<para>
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<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>), this specifies
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the interface to use to connect to the address given.
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Note that since this program will normally run in the
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initial RAM disk environment, the interface must be an
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interface which exists at that stage. Thus, the interface
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can normally not be a pseudo-interface such as
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<quote>br0</quote> or <quote>tun0</quote>; such interfaces
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will not exist until much later in the boot process, and
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<quote>network hook</quote> — see <xref
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linkend="network-hooks"/>.
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<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>; this will make
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> only bring up interfaces
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is not recommended, and only meant for advanced users.
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<term><option>--tls-pubkey=<replaceable
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>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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<para>
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></quote>.
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<term><option>--tls-privkey=<replaceable
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>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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TLS Diffie-Hellman key exchange. The default value is
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selected automatically based on the GnuTLS security
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profile set in its priority string. Note that if the
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<option>--dh-params</option> option is used, the values
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state before proceeding. During this time, the kernel log
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console, alleviating any other plugins which might be
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<title>OVERVIEW</title>
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<xi:include href="../overview.xml"/>
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This program is the client part. It is a plugin started by
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This program is the client part. It is run automatically in an
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<refentrytitle>password-agent</refentrytitle>
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</citerefentry> <quote>Password Agent</quote> system.
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the console, since this program does not read from the console
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server could be found and the password received from it could be
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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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<title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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This environment variable will be assumed to contain the
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directory containing any helper executables. The use and
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nature of these helper executables, if any, is purposely
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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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<quote><literal>stop</literal></quote>. This should bring up or
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filesystem.) Typical use is for a network hook which is
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<variablelist>
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<term><envar>MANDOSNETHOOKDIR</envar></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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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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<para>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> by the
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<option>--interface</option> option, combined to one
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string and separated by commas. If this is set, and
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does not contain the interface a hook will bring up,
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there is no reason for a hook to continue.
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</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><envar>MODE</envar></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><envar>VERBOSITY</envar></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><envar>DELAY</envar></term>
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<para>
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This will be the same as the <option>--delay</option>
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option passed to <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>. Is
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<quote><literal>start</literal></quote> or
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<quote><literal>stop</literal></quote>.
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</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><envar>CONNECT</envar></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This will be the same as the <option>--connect</option>
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option passed to <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>. Is
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<envar>MODE</envar> is
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<quote><literal>start</literal></quote> or
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<quote><literal>stop</literal></quote>.
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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A hook may not read from standard input, and should be
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unless <varname>VERBOSITY</varname> is
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<quote><literal>1</literal></quote>.
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</refsect1>
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<title>FILES</title>
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<variablelist>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>/conf/conf.d/mandos/tls-pubkey.pem</filename
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></term>
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<term><filename>/conf/conf.d/mandos/tls-privkey.pem</filename
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Public and private raw key files, in <quote>PEM</quote>
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format. These are the default file names, they can be
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changed with the <option>--tls-pubkey</option> and
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<option>--tls-privkey</option> options.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename
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class="directory">/lib/mandos/network-hooks.d</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Directory where network hooks are located. Change this
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with the <option>--network-hook-dir</option> option. See
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<xref linkend="network-hooks"/>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<!-- <title>BUGS</title> -->
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<refsect1 id="bugs">
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<title>BUGS</title>
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<xi:include href="../bugs.xml"/>
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<title>EXAMPLE</title>
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<para>
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Note that normally, command line options will not be given
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directly, but via options for the Mandos <citerefentry
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><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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directly, but passed on via the program responsible for starting
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this program; see <xref linkend="overview"/>.
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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Normal invocation needs no options, if the network interface
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is <quote>eth0</quote>:
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Normal invocation needs no options, if the network interfaces
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can be automatically determined:
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</para>
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<para>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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<informalexample>
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interface:
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specific interface:
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</informalexample>
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<informalexample>
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Run in debug mode, and use a custom key:
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</para>
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<para>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt</userinput>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --tls-pubkey keydir/tls-pubkey.pem --tls-privkey keydir/tls-privkey.pem</userinput>
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</para>
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</informalexample>
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<informalexample>
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<para>
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Run in debug mode, with a custom key, and do not use Zeroconf
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to locate a server; connect directly to the IPv6 address
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<quote><systemitem class="ipaddress"
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>2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672</systemitem></quote>,
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port 4711, using interface eth2:
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Run in debug mode, with custom keys, and do not use Zeroconf
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to locate a server; connect directly to the IPv6 link-local
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address <quote><systemitem class="ipaddress"
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>fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</systemitem></quote>, port 4711,
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using interface eth2:
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</para>
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<para>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --connect 2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --tls-pubkey keydir/tls-pubkey.pem --tls-privkey keydir/tls-privkey.pem --connect fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
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</para>
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</informalexample>
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<refsect1 id="security">
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<title>SECURITY</title>
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<para>
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This program is set-uid to root, but will switch back to the
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original (and presumably non-privileged) user and group after
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bringing up the network interface.
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This program assumes that it is set-uid to root, and will switch
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back to the original (and presumably non-privileged) user and
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group after bringing up the network interface.
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</para>
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<para>
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831
To use this program for its intended purpose (see <xref
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<para>
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The only remaining weak point is that someone with physical
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access to the client hard drive might turn off the client
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computer, read the OpenPGP keys directly from the hard drive,
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and communicate with the server. The defense against this is
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that the server is supposed to notice the client disappearing
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and will stop giving out the encrypted data. Therefore, it is
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computer, read the OpenPGP and TLS keys directly from the hard
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drive, and communicate with the server. To safeguard against
849
this, the server is supposed to notice the client disappearing
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and stop giving out the encrypted data. Therefore, it is
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important to set the timeout and checker interval values tightly
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on the server. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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853
>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<para>
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856
It will also help if the checker program on the server is
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configured to request something from the client which can not be
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spoofed by someone else on the network, unlike unencrypted
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<acronym>ICMP</acronym> echo (<quote>ping</quote>) replies.
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spoofed by someone else on the network, like SSH server key
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fingerprints, and unlike unencrypted <acronym>ICMP</acronym>
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echo (<quote>ping</quote>) replies.
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Note</emphasis>: This makes it completely insecure to
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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>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-agent</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<ulink url="http://www.avahi.org/">Avahi</ulink>
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<ulink url="https://www.avahi.org/">Avahi</ulink>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
513
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/"
514
>GnuTLS</ulink>
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<ulink url="https://www.gnutls.org/">GnuTLS</ulink>
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913
</term>
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914
<listitem>
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915
<para>
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916
GnuTLS is the library this client uses to implement TLS for
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917
communicating securely with the server, and at the same time
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send the public OpenPGP key to the server.
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send the public key to the server.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<ulink url="http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/"
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<ulink url="https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/"
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>GPGME</ulink>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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956
This client uses IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
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957
immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
560
automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
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automatically assigned to a network interface when it
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is brought up.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
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Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle>
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RFC 5246: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
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Protocol Version 1.2</citetitle>
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</term>
573
971
<listitem>
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972
<para>
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TLS 1.1 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
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TLS 1.2 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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989
<term>
592
RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
990
RFC 7250: <citetitle>Using Raw Public Keys in Transport
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Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
992
(DTLS)</citetitle>
993
</term>
994
<listitem>
995
<para>
996
This is implemented by GnuTLS in version 3.6.6 and is, if
997
present, used by this program so that raw public keys can be
998
used.
999
</para>
1000
</listitem>
1001
</varlistentry>
1002
<varlistentry>
1003
<term>
1004
RFC 6091: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
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1005
Security</citetitle>
594
1006
</term>
595
1007
<listitem>
596
1008
<para>
597
This is implemented by GnuTLS and used by this program so
598
that OpenPGP keys can be used.
1009
This is implemented by GnuTLS before version 3.6.0 and is,
1010
if present, used by this program so that OpenPGP keys can be
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used.
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1012
</para>
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1013
</listitem>
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1014
</varlistentry>
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