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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-18 05:24:20 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080818052420-ab5eurrioz8n2qy6
* Makefile: Bug fix: fixed creation of man pages in "plugins.d".

* mandos-keygen Bug fix: make the --expire option modify
                KEYEXPIRE, not KEYCOMMENT.  Use the "--no-options"
                option to gpg when exporting keys from the temporary
                key ring files.

* mandos-keygen.xml (EXIT STATUS): Filled in.
  (ENVIRONMENT): New section, documenting use of TMPDIR.
  (FILES): Document use of key files and /tmp.
  (BUGS): Filled in.
  (EXAMPLE): Added two examples.
  (SECURITY): Added some text.

* plugins.d/password-prompt.xml (NOTES): Removed, since this is
                                         created automatically for
                                         footnotes.
  (ENVIRONMENT, FILES): Added empty sections.
  (EXAMPLES): Renamed to "EXAMPLE", as per man-pages(7).

* plugins.d/password-request.xml: Reordered sections.
  (ENVIRONMENT): New empty section.
  (EXAMPLES): Renamed to "EXAMPLE", as per man-pages(7).

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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-31">
 
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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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<refentry>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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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>Mandos</productname>
 
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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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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      <arg>--interface<arg choice="plain">IF</arg></arg>
 
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      <emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>.  See <xref
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          Architecture</citetitle>
 
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              <term>Section 2.5.5.2: <citetitle>IPv4-Mapped IPv6
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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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                is brought up.
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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>
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          RFC 4880: <citetitle>OpenPGP Message Format</citetitle>
 
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          Format</citetitle></citation>
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        <term>
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          RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
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          Security</citetitle>
 
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          <citation>RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for
 
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          Transport Layer Security</citetitle></citation>
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