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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-10-03">
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<!ENTITY OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
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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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<title>&COMMANDNAME;</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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<productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
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<productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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<firstname>Björn</firstname>
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<holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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<holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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<xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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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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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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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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Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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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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<arg choice="plain"><option>--address
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-a
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--port
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-p
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--priority
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<replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--servicename
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--configdir
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<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--check</option></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--interface<arg choice="plain">IF</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--port<arg choice="plain">PORT</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--priority<arg choice="plain">PRIORITY</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--debug</arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="opt">-i<arg choice="plain">IF</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">-a<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">-p<arg choice="plain">PORT</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--priority<arg choice="plain">PRIORITY</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
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<arg choice="opt">--debug</arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain">--help</arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain">--version</arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain">--check</arg>
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<refsect1 id="description">
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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password for that specific client.
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<refsect1 id="purpose">
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<title>PURPOSE</title>
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The purpose of this is to enable <emphasis>remote and unattended
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rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an
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<emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>. See <xref
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linkend="overview"/> for details.
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<refsect1 id="options">
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<term><option>-h</option></term>
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<term><literal>-h</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>
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Show a help message and exit
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<term><option>--interface</option>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
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<term><option>-i</option>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="interface"/>
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<term><option>--address
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="address"/>
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="port"/>
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<term><option>--check</option></term>
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<term><literal>-i</literal>, <literal>--interface <replaceable>
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IF</replaceable></literal></term>
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Only announce the server and listen to requests on network
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interface <replaceable>IF</replaceable>. Default is to
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use all available interfaces.
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<term><literal>-a</literal>, <literal>--address <replaceable>
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ADDRESS</replaceable></literal></term>
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If this option is used, the server will only listen to a
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specific address. This must currently be an IPv6 address;
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an IPv4 address can be specified using the
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<quote><literal>::FFFF:192.0.2.3</literal></quote> syntax.
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Also, if a link-local address is specified, an interface
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should be set, since a link-local address is only valid on
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a single interface. By default, the server will listen to
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all available addresses.
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<term><literal>-p</literal>, <literal>--port <replaceable>
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PORT</replaceable></literal></term>
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If this option is used, the server to bind to that
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port. By default, the server will listen to an arbitrary
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port given by the operating system.
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<term><literal>--check</literal></term>
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Run the server’s self-tests. This includes any unit
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<term><option>--debug</option></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="debug"/>
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<term><option>--priority <replaceable>
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PRIORITY</replaceable></option></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="priority"/>
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<term><option>--servicename
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml"
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xpointer="servicename"/>
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<term><option>--configdir
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<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><literal>--debug</literal></term>
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If the server is run in debug mode, it will run in the
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foreground and print a lot of debugging information. The
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default is <emphasis>not</emphasis> to run in debug mode.
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<term><literal>--priority <replaceable>
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PRIORITY</replaceable></literal></term>
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GnuTLS priority string for the TLS handshake with the
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clients. The default is
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<quote><literal>SECURE256:!CTYPE-X.509:+CTYPE-OPENPGP</literal></quote>.
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See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnutls_priority_init
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</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for the syntax. <emphasis>Warning</emphasis>: changing
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this may make the TLS handshake fail, making communication
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with clients impossible.
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<term><literal>--servicename <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>
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Zeroconf service name. The default is
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<quote><literal>Mandos</literal></quote>. You only need
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to change this if you for some reason want to run more
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than one server on the same <emphasis>host</emphasis>,
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which would not normally be useful. If there are name
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collisions on the same <emphasis>network</emphasis>, the
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newer server will automatically rename itself to
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<quote><literal>Mandos #2</literal></quote>, and so on;
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therefore, this option is not needed in that case.
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<term><literal>--configdir <replaceable>DIR</replaceable>
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Directory to search for configuration files. Default is
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longer eligible to receive the encrypted password. The timeout,
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checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
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both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<refsect1 id="logging">
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<title>LOGGING</title>
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The server will send log message with various severity levels to
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<filename>/dev/log</filename>. With the
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The server will send log messaged with various severity levels
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to <filename>/dev/log</filename>. With the
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<option>--debug</option> option, it will log even more messages,
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and also show them on the console.
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<refsect1 id="exit_status">
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<title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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critical error is encountered.
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<title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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<term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
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To start the configured checker (see <xref
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linkend="checking"/>), the server uses
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<filename>/bin/sh</filename>, which in turn uses
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<varname>PATH</varname> to search for matching commands if
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an absolute path is not given. See <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refsect1 id="files">
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<title>FILES</title>
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Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
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<term><filename>/bin/sh</filename></term>
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This is used to start the configured checker command for
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each client. See <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details.
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<refsect1 id="bugs">
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<title>BUGS</title>
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This server might, on especially fatal errors, emit a Python
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backtrace. This could be considered a feature.
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Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
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having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
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permanent storage. This has some security implications, see
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<xref linkend="clients"/>.
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There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
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status of clients, other than analyzing its <systemitem
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class="service">syslog</systemitem> output.
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There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
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Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
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The console log messages does not show a time stamp.
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This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
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<refsect1 id="example">
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<title>EXAMPLE</title>
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<refsect1 id="examples">
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<title>EXAMPLES</title>
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<informalexample>
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Normal invocation needs no options:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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<userinput>mandos</userinput>
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</informalexample>
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<informalexample>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
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<userinput>mandos --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
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</informalexample>
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<title>SECURITY</title>
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<refsect2 id="server">
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<title>SERVER</title>
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Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
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should not in itself present any security risk to the host
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computer running it. The program switches to a non-root user
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Running this &COMMANDNAME; server program should not in itself
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present any security risk to the host computer running it.
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The program does not need any special privileges to run, and
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is designed to run as a non-root user.
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<refsect2 id="clients">
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<title>CLIENTS</title>
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The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
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compromised if they are gone for too long.
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If a client is compromised, its downtime should be duly noted
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by the server which would therefore declare the client
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invalid. But if the server was ever restarted, it would
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re-read its client list from its configuration file and again
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regard all clients therein as valid, and hence eligible to
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receive their passwords. Therefore, be careful when
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restarting servers if it is suspected that a client has, in
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fact, been compromised by parties who may now be running a
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fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted
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initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> image of the client host. What
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should be done in that case (if restarting the server program
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really is necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the
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configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart
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For more details on client-side security, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<refsect1 id="see_also">
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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This is the actual program which talks to this server.
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Note that it is normally not invoked directly, and is only
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run in the initial RAM disk environment, and not on a
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fully started system.
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<ulink url="http://www.zeroconf.org/">Zeroconf</ulink>
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RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
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Architecture</citetitle>
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<citation>RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
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Architecture</citetitle>, section 2.5.6, Link-Local IPv6
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Unicast Addresses</citation>
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<term>Section 2.2: <citetitle>Text Representation of
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Addresses</citetitle></term>
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<listitem><para/></listitem>
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<term>Section 2.5.5.2: <citetitle>IPv4-Mapped IPv6
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Address</citetitle></term>
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<listitem><para/></listitem>
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<term>Section 2.5.6, <citetitle>Link-Local IPv6 Unicast
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Addresses</citetitle></term>
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The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
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immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
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automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
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The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
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immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
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automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it is
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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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<citation>RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security
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(TLS) Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle></citation>