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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-30 11:31:37 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080830113137-v0inyj0limprzfwn
* mandos-options.xml (priority): Added <acronym> tags.

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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 "2019-07-18">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-29">
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]>
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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@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.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@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.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>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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      <year>2017</year>
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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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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <legalnotice>
 
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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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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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            Email address of key.  Default is empty.
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-c
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Comment field for key.  The default value is
 
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        <term><option>--expire
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-x
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <para>
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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      </varlistentry>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-T
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--force</option></term>
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        <term><option>-f</option></term>
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        <term><option>-p</option></term>
 
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        <term><literal>-f</literal>, <literal>--force</literal></term>
 
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            Force overwriting old keys.
 
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
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            present in either <filename>/etc/keys/mandos</filename> or
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            the directory specified with the <option>--dir</option>
 
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            present in either <filename>/etc/mandos</filename> or the
 
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            directory specified with the <option>--dir</option>
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            option.  Outputs, on standard output, a section suitable
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            >mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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            specified with the <option>--name</option> option is used
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            for the section header.  All other options are ignored,
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            the beginning and from the end of the password; See <xref
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            linkend="bugs"/>.
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      <varlistentry>
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-F
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            The same as <option>--password</option>, but read from
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            <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>, not the terminal, and
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            white space is not stripped from the password in any way.
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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><option>--no-ssh</option></term>
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        <term><option>-S</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            <option>--passfile</option> is given, this option will
392
 
            prevent <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> from calling
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            <command>ssh-keyscan</command> to get an SSH fingerprint
394
 
            for this host and, if successful, output suitable config
395
 
            options to use this fingerprint as a
396
 
            <option>checker</option> option in the output.  This is
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            and no keys are created.
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343
          </para>
399
344
        </listitem>
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345
      </varlistentry>
401
346
    </variablelist>
402
347
  </refsect1>
403
 
  
 
348
 
404
349
  <refsect1 id="overview">
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350
    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
406
351
    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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352
    <para>
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      This program is a small utility to generate new TLS and OpenPGP
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      keys for new Mandos clients, and to generate sections for
410
 
      inclusion in <filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
 
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
 
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      new Mandos clients.
411
355
    </para>
412
356
  </refsect1>
413
 
  
 
357
 
414
358
  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
415
359
    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
416
360
    <para>
417
 
      The exit status will be 0 if a new key (or password, if the
418
 
      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
419
 
      created, otherwise not.
 
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      The exit status will be 0 if new keys were successfully created,
 
362
      otherwise not.
420
363
    </para>
421
364
  </refsect1>
422
365
  
424
367
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
425
368
    <variablelist>
426
369
      <varlistentry>
427
 
        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
 
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        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
428
371
        <listitem>
429
372
          <para>
430
373
            If set, temporary files will be created here. See
436
379
    </variablelist>
437
380
  </refsect1>
438
381
  
439
 
  <refsect1 id="files">
 
382
  <refsect1 id="file">
440
383
    <title>FILES</title>
441
384
    <para>
442
385
      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
445
388
    </para>
446
389
    <variablelist>
447
390
      <varlistentry>
448
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
 
391
        <term><filename>/etc/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
449
392
        <listitem>
450
393
          <para>
451
394
            OpenPGP secret key file which will be created or
454
397
        </listitem>
455
398
      </varlistentry>
456
399
      <varlistentry>
457
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
 
400
        <term><filename>/etc/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
458
401
        <listitem>
459
402
          <para>
460
403
            OpenPGP public key file which will be created or
463
406
        </listitem>
464
407
      </varlistentry>
465
408
      <varlistentry>
466
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-privkey.pem</filename></term>
467
 
        <listitem>
468
 
          <para>
469
 
            Private key file which will be created or overwritten.
470
 
          </para>
471
 
        </listitem>
472
 
      </varlistentry>
473
 
      <varlistentry>
474
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-pubkey.pem</filename></term>
475
 
        <listitem>
476
 
          <para>
477
 
            Public key file which will be created or overwritten.
478
 
          </para>
479
 
        </listitem>
480
 
      </varlistentry>
481
 
      <varlistentry>
482
 
        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
 
409
        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
483
410
        <listitem>
484
411
          <para>
485
412
            Temporary files will be written here if
489
416
      </varlistentry>
490
417
    </variablelist>
491
418
  </refsect1>
492
 
  
 
419
 
493
420
  <refsect1 id="bugs">
494
421
    <title>BUGS</title>
495
422
    <para>
496
 
      The <option>--password</option>/<option>-p</option> option
497
 
      strips white space from the start and from the end of the
498
 
      password before using it.  If this is a problem, use the
499
 
      <option>--passfile</option> option instead, which does not do
500
 
      this.
 
423
      None are known at this time.
501
424
    </para>
502
 
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
503
425
  </refsect1>
504
 
  
 
426
 
505
427
  <refsect1 id="example">
506
428
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
507
429
    <informalexample>
514
436
    </informalexample>
515
437
    <informalexample>
516
438
      <para>
517
 
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
439
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
518
440
        overwriting old key files:
519
441
      </para>
520
442
      <para>
524
446
 
525
447
      </para>
526
448
    </informalexample>
527
 
    <informalexample>
528
 
      <para>
529
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in <filename
530
 
        class="directory">/etc/keys/mandos</filename> and output a
531
 
        section suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
532
 
      </para>
533
 
      <para>
534
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
535
 
      </para>
536
 
    </informalexample>
537
 
    <informalexample>
538
 
      <para>
539
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in the
540
 
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
541
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
542
 
      </para>
543
 
      <para>
544
 
 
545
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
546
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
547
 
 
548
 
      </para>
549
 
    </informalexample>
550
449
  </refsect1>
551
 
  
 
450
 
552
451
  <refsect1 id="security">
553
452
    <title>SECURITY</title>
554
453
    <para>
555
454
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
556
455
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
557
 
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
558
 
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
456
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
 
457
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
559
458
    </para>
560
459
    <para>
561
 
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
562
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
460
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
 
461
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
563
462
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
564
463
    </para>
565
464
  </refsect1>
566
 
  
 
465
 
567
466
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
568
467
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
569
468
    <para>
570
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
571
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
572
469
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
573
470
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
574
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
575
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
576
471
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
577
472
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
578
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
579
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
580
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
581
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
473
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
474
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
582
475
    </para>
583
476
  </refsect1>
584
477