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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2023-02-07 23:03:33 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20230207230333-5halrp7943pgb3w1
Server: Bug fix: Stagger checker runs when creating clients

* mandos (Client.enable()): Do not set self.expires here; move it to
  "init_checker".
  (Client.init_checker()): Take new "randomize_start" argument.  If
  True, randomize delay before starting checker.  Also, do not start
  checker right now, but instead extend expire time so that the
  scheduled checker always has time to run.
  (Checker.start_checker): Take new "start_was_randomized" argument.
  If True, reset scheduled checker runs to be 'interval' apart,
  instead of using the initial delay.  (Bug fix)
  (main): On startup, pass argument randomize_start=True to
  client.init_checker() when initizlizing checkers for all enabled
  clients.

Reported-by: Louis Charreau <Louis.Charreau@vadesecure.com>
Suggested-by: Louis Charreau <Louis.Charreau@vadesecure.com>
Fixes: 1200 ("Server: Stagger checker runs when creating clients")

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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 COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-02-09">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2022-04-24">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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      client host computers. For an introduction, see
 
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      handles incoming requests for passwords for a pre-defined list
 
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      of client host computers. For an introduction, see
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
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      uses Zeroconf to announce itself on the local network, and uses
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term>
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          <ulink url="http://www.avahi.org/">Avahi</ulink>
 
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          <ulink url="https://www.avahi.org/">Avahi</ulink>
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        </term>
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      <listitem>
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        <para>
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              <para>
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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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                immediately usable since a link-local address is
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                automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
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                is brought up.
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              </para>