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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2023-10-21">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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<copyright>
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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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><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<group>
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<group rep='repeat'>
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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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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'
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>,<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i <replaceable>NAME</replaceable
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><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg
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></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<group>
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<group>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--tls-privkey
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-t
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<group>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--tls-pubkey
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-T
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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</group>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--priority <replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--dh-params <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--delay <replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--network-hook-dir
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<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option>
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</arg>
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<sbr/>
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<arg>
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<option>--debug</option>
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</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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communicates with <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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to get a password. In slightly more detail, this client program
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brings up a network interface, uses the interface’s IPv6
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link-local address to get network connectivity, uses Zeroconf to
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find servers on the local network, and communicates with servers
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using TLS with an OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and
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confidentiality. This client program keeps running, trying all
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servers on the network, until it receives a satisfactory reply
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or a TERM signal. After all servers have been tried, all
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brings up network interfaces, uses the interfaces’ IPv6
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link-local addresses to get network connectivity, uses Zeroconf
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to find servers on the local network, and communicates with
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servers using TLS with a raw public key to ensure authenticity
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and confidentiality. This client program keeps running, trying
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all servers on the network, until it receives a satisfactory
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reply or a TERM signal. After all servers have been tried, all
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servers are periodically retried. If no servers are found it
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will wait indefinitely for new servers to appear.
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</para>
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<para>
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The network interfaces are selected like this: If any interfaces
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are specified using the <option>--interface</option> option,
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those interface are used. Otherwise,
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> will use all interfaces that
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are not loopback interfaces, are not point-to-point interfaces,
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are capable of broadcasting and do not have the NOARP flag (see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>netdevice</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>). (If the
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<option>--connect</option> option is used, point-to-point
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interfaces and non-broadcast interfaces are accepted.) If any
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used interfaces are not up and running, they are first taken up
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(and later taken down again on program exit).
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</para>
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<para>
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Before network interfaces are selected, all <quote>network
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hooks</quote> are run; see <xref linkend="network-hooks"/>.
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</para>
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<para>
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This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
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to run as a plugin of the <application>Mandos</application>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which runs in the
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initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment because it is
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specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> in the <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry> file.
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to be run by other programs in the initial
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<acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment; see <xref
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linkend="overview"/>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<para>
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This program is commonly not invoked from the command line; it
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is normally started by the <application>Mandos</application>
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plugin runner, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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</citerefentry>. Any command line options this program accepts
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are therefore normally provided by the plugin runner, and not
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directly.
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is normally started by another program as described in <xref
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linkend="description"/>. Any command line options this program
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accepts are therefore normally provided by the invoking program,
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and not directly.
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<variablelist>
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assumed to separate the address from the port number.
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</para>
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<para>
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This option is normally only useful for testing and
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debugging.
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Normally, Zeroconf would be used to locate Mandos servers,
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in which case this option would only be used when testing
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and debugging.
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<term><option>--interface=<replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></term>
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<term><option>-i
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></term>
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<para>
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Network interface that will be brought up and scanned for
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Mandos servers to connect to. The default is the empty
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string, which will automatically choose an appropriate
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interface.
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Comma separated list of network interfaces that will be
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brought up and scanned for Mandos servers to connect to.
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use all appropriate interfaces.
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</para>
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<para>
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specifies the interface to use to connect to the address
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given.
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exactly one interface name is specified (except
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<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>), this specifies
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the interface to use to connect to the address given.
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<para>
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Note that since this program will normally run in the
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initial RAM disk environment, the interface must be an
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interface which exists at that stage. Thus, the interface
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can not be a pseudo-interface such as <quote>br0</quote>
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or <quote>tun0</quote>; such interfaces will not exist
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until much later in the boot process, and can not be used
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by this program.
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can normally not be a pseudo-interface such as
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will not exist until much later in the boot process, and
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can not be used by this program, unless created by a
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<quote>network hook</quote> — see <xref
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<para>
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advanced users.
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<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>; this will make
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> only bring up interfaces
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TLS raw public key file name. The default name is
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></quote>.
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<listitem>
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TLS secret key file name. The default name is
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></quote>.
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TLS Diffie-Hellman key exchange. Default is 1024.
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TLS Diffie-Hellman key exchange. The default value is
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selected automatically based on the GnuTLS security
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profile set in its priority string. Note that if the
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<option>--dh-params</option> option is used, the values
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</para>
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this option is not given, or if the file for some reason
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could not be used, the parameters will be generated on
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startup, which will take some time and processing power.
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constraints may want to generate such a file in advance
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and use this option.
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state before proceeding. During this time, the kernel log
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<xi:include href="../overview.xml"/>
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directory containing any helper executables. The use and
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<quote><literal>stop</literal></quote>. This should bring up or
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filesystem.) Typical use is for a network hook which is
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<quote><literal>start</literal></quote> or
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A hook may not read from standard input, and should be
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restrictive in printing to standard output or standard error
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unless <varname>VERBOSITY</varname> is
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<quote><literal>1</literal></quote>.
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<title>FILES</title>
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<variablelist>
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</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>/conf/conf.d/mandos/tls-pubkey.pem</filename
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></term>
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<term><filename>/conf/conf.d/mandos/tls-privkey.pem</filename
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Public and private raw key files, in <quote>PEM</quote>
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format. These are the default file names, they can be
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changed with the <option>--tls-pubkey</option> and
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<option>--tls-privkey</option> options.
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename
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class="directory">/lib/mandos/network-hooks.d</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Directory where network hooks are located. Change this
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with the <option>--network-hook-dir</option> option. See
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<xref linkend="network-hooks"/>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<!-- <refsect1 id="bugs"> -->
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<!-- <title>BUGS</title> -->
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<refsect1 id="bugs">
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<title>BUGS</title>
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<xi:include href="../bugs.xml"/>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="example">
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<title>EXAMPLE</title>
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<para>
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Note that normally, command line options will not be given
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directly, but via options for the Mandos <citerefentry
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><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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directly, but passed on via the program responsible for starting
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this program; see <xref linkend="overview"/>.
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<para>
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Normal invocation needs no options, if the network interface
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is <quote>eth0</quote>:
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Normal invocation needs no options, if the network interfaces
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can be automatically determined:
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</para>
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<para>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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<informalexample>
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Search for Mandos servers (and connect to them) using another
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interface:
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specific interface:
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</informalexample>
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<informalexample>
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Run in debug mode, and use a custom key:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt</userinput>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --tls-pubkey keydir/tls-pubkey.pem --tls-privkey keydir/tls-privkey.pem</userinput>
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</para>
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</informalexample>
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<informalexample>
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<para>
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Run in debug mode, with a custom key, and do not use Zeroconf
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Run in debug mode, with custom keys, and do not use Zeroconf
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to locate a server; connect directly to the IPv6 link-local
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address <quote><systemitem class="ipaddress"
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>fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</systemitem></quote>, port 4711,
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<para>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --connect fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --tls-pubkey keydir/tls-pubkey.pem --tls-privkey keydir/tls-privkey.pem --connect fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
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</para>
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</informalexample>
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<refsect1 id="security">
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<title>SECURITY</title>
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<para>
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This program is set-uid to root, but will switch back to the
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original (and presumably non-privileged) user and group after
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bringing up the network interface.
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This program assumes that it is set-uid to root, and will switch
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back to the original (and presumably non-privileged) user and
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group after bringing up the network interface.
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</para>
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<para>
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To use this program for its intended purpose (see <xref
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<para>
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The only remaining weak point is that someone with physical
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access to the client hard drive might turn off the client
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computer, read the OpenPGP keys directly from the hard drive,
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and communicate with the server. To safeguard against this, the
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server is supposed to notice the client disappearing and stop
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giving out the encrypted data. Therefore, it is important to
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set the timeout and checker interval values tightly on the
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server. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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computer, read the OpenPGP and TLS keys directly from the hard
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drive, and communicate with the server. To safeguard against
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this, the server is supposed to notice the client disappearing
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and stop giving out the encrypted data. Therefore, it is
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important to set the timeout and checker interval values tightly
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on the server. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<para>
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It will also help if the checker program on the server is
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configured to request something from the client which can not be
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spoofed by someone else on the network, unlike unencrypted
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<acronym>ICMP</acronym> echo (<quote>ping</quote>) replies.
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spoofed by someone else on the network, like SSH server key
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fingerprints, and unlike unencrypted <acronym>ICMP</acronym>
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echo (<quote>ping</quote>) replies.
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Note</emphasis>: This makes it completely insecure to
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-agent</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</varlistentry>
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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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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/"
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>GnuTLS</ulink>
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<ulink url="https://www.gnutls.org/">GnuTLS</ulink>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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GnuTLS is the library this client uses to implement TLS for
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communicating securely with the server, and at the same time
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send the public OpenPGP key to the server.
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send the public key to the server.
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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>
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<ulink url="http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/"
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<ulink url="https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/"
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>GPGME</ulink>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This client uses 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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automatically assigned to a network interface when it
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is brought up.
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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>
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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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RFC 5246: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
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Protocol Version 1.2</citetitle>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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TLS 1.1 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
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TLS 1.2 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
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RFC 7250: <citetitle>Using Raw Public Keys in Transport
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Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
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(DTLS)</citetitle>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This is implemented by GnuTLS in version 3.6.6 and is, if
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present, used by this program so that raw public keys can be
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used.
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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>
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RFC 6091: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
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Security</citetitle>
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</term>
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1007
<listitem>
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<para>
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This is implemented by GnuTLS and used by this program so
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that OpenPGP keys can be used.
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This is implemented by GnuTLS before version 3.6.0 and is,
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if present, used by this program so that OpenPGP keys can be
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used.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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