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Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
Date: 2008-08-24 07:42:14 UTC
Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080824074214-odju7g3115le171c

* mandos-keygen: Bug fix: Recognize new options --subtype and
                 --sublength.  New option "--password" which prompts
                 for and encrypts a password with an already existing
                 key.

* mandos-keygen.xml (SYNOPSIS): Added separate synopsis for
                                "--password" option.
  (DESCRIPTION): Added text about password creation.
  (OPTIONS): Document default value for "--dir" option.  Document new
             "--password" option.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"

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<!DOCTYPE chapter 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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<para>

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This is part of the Mandos system for allowing computers to have

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encrypted root file systems and at the same time be capable of

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remote and/or unattended reboots. The computers run a small client

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program in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment which

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will communicate with a server over a network. The clients are

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identified by the server using a OpenPGP key; each client has one

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unique to it. The server sends the clients an encrypted password.

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The encrypted password is decrypted by the clients using the same

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OpenPGP key, and the password is then used to unlock the root file

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system, whereupon the computers can continue booting normally.

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encrypted root file systems and also be capable of remote and

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unattended reboots. The computers run a small client program in the

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initial RAM disk environment which will communicate with a server

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over a network. The clients are identified by the server using a

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OpenPGP key; each client has one unique to it. The server sends the

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clients an encrypted password. The encrypted password is decrypted

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by the clients using the same OpenPGP key, and the password is then

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used to unlock the root file system, whereupon the computers can

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continue booting normally.

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</para>

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