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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "password-request">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-03">
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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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<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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<firstname>Björn</firstname>
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<surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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<email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
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<email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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<firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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<surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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<email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
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<email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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<holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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<holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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<refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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<refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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Client for <application>Mandos</application>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--connect
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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<replaceable>IPADDR</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-c
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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<replaceable>IPADDR</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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<refsect1 id="description">
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a client program that
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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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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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to get a password. It uses IPv6 link-local addresses to get
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network connectivity, Zeroconf to find servers, and TLS with an
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OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and confidentiality. It
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keeps running, trying all servers on the network, until it
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receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is recieved.
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This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
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<term><option>--interface=<replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>--interface=
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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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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Mandos servers to connect to. The default it
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<quote><literal>eth0</literal></quote>.
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If the <option>--connect</option> option is used, this
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specifies the interface to use to connect to the address
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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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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> can be the string
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<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>; this will not use
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any specific interface, and will not bring up an interface
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on startup. This is not recommended, and only meant for
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<term><option>--delay=<replaceable
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>SECONDS</replaceable></option></term>
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After bringing the network interface up, the program waits
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for the interface to arrive in a <quote>running</quote>
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state before proceeding. During this time, the kernel log
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level will be lowered to reduce clutter on the system
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console, alleviating any other plugins which might be
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using the system console. This option sets the upper
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limit of seconds to wait. The default is 2.5 seconds.
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<term><option>--retry=<replaceable
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>SECONDS</replaceable></option></term>
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All Mandos servers are tried repeatedly until a password
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is received. This value specifies, in seconds, how long
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between each successive try <emphasis>for the same
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server</emphasis>. The default is 10 seconds.
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<term><option>--network-hook-dir=<replaceable
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>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
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Network hook directory. The default directory is
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<quote><directory class="directory"
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>/lib/mandos/network-hooks.d</directory></quote>.
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<term><option>--debug</option></term>
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<filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>, but it would then be
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impossible to enter a password for the encrypted root disk at
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the console, since this program does not read from the console
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at all. This is why a separate plugin runner (<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) is used to run
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both this program and others in in parallel,
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<emphasis>one</emphasis> of which will prompt for passwords on
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at all. This is why a separate plugin (<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) does that, which
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will be run in parallell to this one by the plugin runner.
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server could be found and the password received from it could be
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successfully decrypted and output on standard output. The
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program will exit with a non-zero exit status only if a critical
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error occurs. Otherwise, it will forever connect to any
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discovered <application>Mandos</application> servers, trying to
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get a decryptable password and print it.
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error occurs. Otherwise, it will forever connect to new
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<application>Mandos</application> servers as they appear, trying
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to get a decryptable password.
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<informalexample>
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Run in debug mode, with a custom key, 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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using interface eth2:
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to locate a server; connect directly to the IPv6 address
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<quote><systemitem class="ipaddress"
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>2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672</systemitem></quote>,
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port 4711, using interface eth2:
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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 --connect 2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
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</informalexample>
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<refsect1 id="security">
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<title>SECURITY</title>
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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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and communicate with the server. The defense against this is
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that the server is supposed to notice the client disappearing
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and will 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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<refsect1 id="see_also">
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>