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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 "2008-08-29">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2016-03-05">
 
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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>Mandos Manual</title>
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    <!-- NWalsh’s docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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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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        </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>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</year>
 
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      <year>2016</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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      <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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      </para>
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      <para>
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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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      </para>
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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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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
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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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            Subkey length in bits.  Default is 2048.
 
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            Subkey length in bits.  Default is 4096.
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        <replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
 
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    <variablelist>
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        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
 
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        <listitem>
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Temporary files will be written here if
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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    <para>
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      None are known at this time.
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    </para>
 
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    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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        Normal invocation needs no options:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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      </para>
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467
    </informalexample>
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468
    <informalexample>
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469
      <para>
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        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
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        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
440
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        overwriting old key files:
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442
473
      <para>
443
474
 
444
475
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
445
 
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
476
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
477
 
 
478
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479
    </informalexample>
 
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    <informalexample>
 
481
      <para>
 
482
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
483
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
484
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
485
      </para>
 
486
      <para>
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
488
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489
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490
    <informalexample>
 
491
      <para>
 
492
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
493
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
494
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
495
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496
      <para>
 
497
 
 
498
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
499
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
446
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447
501
      </para>
448
502
    </informalexample>
449
503
  </refsect1>
450
 
 
 
504
  
451
505
  <refsect1 id="security">
452
506
    <title>SECURITY</title>
453
507
    <para>
454
508
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
455
509
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
456
 
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
457
 
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
510
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
511
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
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    </para>
459
513
    <para>
460
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
461
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
514
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
515
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
462
516
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
463
517
    </para>
464
518
  </refsect1>
465
 
 
 
519
  
466
520
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
467
521
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
468
522
    <para>
469
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
523
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
470
524
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
525
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
526
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
527
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
528
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
471
529
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
472
530
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
473
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
531
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
532
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
533
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
474
534
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
475
535
    </para>
476
536
  </refsect1>