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** TODO A --server option which only adds to the server list.
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(Unlike --connect, which implicitly disables zeroconf.)
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** TODO [#B] Use capabilities instead of seteuid().
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https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2522
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** TODO [#B] Use getaddrinfo(hints=AI_NUMERICHOST) instead of inet_pton()
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** TODO [#C] Make start_mandos_communication() take "struct server".
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** TODO [#C] --interfaces=regex,eth*,noregex (bridge-utils-interfaces(5))
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** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)
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* usplash (Deprecated)
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** TODO [#B] Make it work again
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** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)
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** [#B] Add more comments to code
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** [#B] Add more if(debug) calls
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** [#B] Seperate more code to function for more readability
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** [#A] Man page: man8/plugin-runner.8mandos
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Examples of normal usage, debug usage, debugging single or all
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Note the danger of using this program, since you might lock
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yourself out of your system without any means of entering the root
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file system password. This is, however, very unlikely considering
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the fallback to getpass(3).
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Explaining text on what you can read
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** [#A] Man page: man8/password-request.8mandos
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Document short options
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State that this command is not meant to be invoked directly, but
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is run as a plugin from mandos-client(8) and only run in the
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initrd environment, not the real system.
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Note that it does *not* currently use cryptsource or crypttarget.
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Describe the key files and the key ring files. Also note that
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they should normally have been automatically created.
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Examples of normal usage, debug usage, debugging by connecting
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Update from mandos.xml
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** [#B] Temporarily lower kernel log level
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for less printouts during sucessfull boot.
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** use strsep instead of strtok?
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** Do not depend on GnuPG key rings on disk
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This would mean creating new GnuPG key rings with GPGME by
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importing the key files from scratch on every program start.
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** Keydir move: /etc/mandos -> /etc/keys/mandos
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Must create in preinst if not pre-depending on cryptsetup
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** TODO [#B] lock stdin (with flock()?)
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** TODO handle printing for errors for plugins
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*** Hook up stderr of plugins, buffer them, and prepend "Mandos Plugin [plugin name]"
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** TODO [#C] use same file name rules as run-parts(8)
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** kernel command line option for debug info
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** [#C] Use getpass(3)?
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Man page says "obsolete", but [[info:libc:getpass][GNU LibC Manual: Reading Passwords]]
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does not. See also [[http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00251.html][Marcus Brinkmann: Re: getpass obsolete?]] and
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[[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha/4906][Petter Reinholdtsen: Re: getpass obsolete?]], and especially also
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[[http://www.steve.org.uk/Reference/Unix/faq_4.html#SEC48][Unix Programming FAQ 3.1 How can I make my program not echo input?]]
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** TODO [#B] --notify-command
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This would allow the mandos.service to use
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--notify-command="systemd-notify --pid --ready"
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** TODO [#B] python-systemd
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*** import systemd.daemon; systemd.daemon.notify()
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** TODO [#B] Log level :BUGS:
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*** TODO /etc/mandos/clients.d/*.conf
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Watch this directory and add/remove/update clients?
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** TODO [#C] config for TXT record
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** TODO Log level dbus option
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SetLogLevel D-Bus call
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** TODO [#C] DBusServiceObjectUsingSuper
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** TODO [#B] Global enable/disable flag
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** TODO [#B] By-client countdown on number of secrets given
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** D-Bus Client method NeedsPassword(50) - Timeout, default disapprove
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+ SetPass(u"gazonk", True) -> Approval, persistent
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+ Approve(False) -> Close client connection immediately
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** TODO [#C] python-parsedatetime
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** TODO Separate logging logic to own object
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** TODO [#B] Limit approval_delay to max gnutls/tls timeout value
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** TODO [#B] break the wait on approval_delay if connection dies
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** TODO Generate Client.runtime_expansions from client options + extra
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** TODO Allow %%(checker)s as a runtime expansion
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** TODO D-Bus AddClient() method on server object
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** TODO Use org.freedesktop.DBus.Method.NoReply annotation on async methods. :2:
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** TODO Save state periodically to recover better from hard shutdowns
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** TODO CheckerCompleted method, deprecate CheckedOK
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** TODO Secret Service API?
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http://standards.freedesktop.org/secret-service/
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** TODO Remove D-Bus interfaces with old domain name :2:
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** TODO Remove old string_to_delta format :2:
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** TODO http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/stateless.html
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*** File in /usr/lib/sysusers.d to create user+group "_mandos"
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** TODO Error handling on error parsing config files
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** TODO init.d script error handling
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** TODO D-Bus server properties; address, port, interface, etc. :2:
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*** TODO [#C] In Python 3.3, use shlex.quote() instead of re.escape()
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*** Handle "no D-Bus server" and/or "no Mandos server found" better
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*** [#B] --dump option
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** TODO Remove old string_to_delta format :2:
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* TODO mandos-dispatch
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Listens for specified D-Bus signals and spawns shell commands with
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** TODO --servicename :BUGS:
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** TODO help should be toggleable
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** Urwid client data displayer
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Better view of client data in the listing
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** Print a nice "We are sorry" message, save stack trace to log.
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** TODO "--secfile" option
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Using the "secfile" option instead of "secret"
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** TODO [#B] "--test" option
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For testing decryption before rebooting.
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** [#A] /etc/init.d/mandos-server :teddy:
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** [#B] Log level :bugs:
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** /etc/mandos/clients.d/*.conf
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Watch this directory and add/remove/update clients?
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** config for TXT record
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** [#B] Run-time communication with server :bugs:
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See also [[*Mandos-tools]]
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** Implement --foreground :bugs:
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[[info:standards:Option%20Table][Table of Long Options]]
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[[info:standards:Option%20Table][Table of Long Options]]
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** Date+time on console log messages :bugs:
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* Mandos-tools/utilities
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All of this probably using D-Bus
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** Use xinclude for common sections
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*** Update initrd.img after installation
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This seems to use some kind of "trigger" system
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[[file:/usr/share/doc/dpkg/triggers.txt.gz]]
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dpkg-trigger(1), deb-triggers(5)
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*** Keydir move: /etc/mandos -> /etc/keys/mandos
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Must create in preinst if not pre-depending on cryptsetup
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**** "--passfile" option
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Using the "secfile" option instead of "secret"
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**** [#A] "--test" option
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For testing decryption before rebooting.
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*** [#A] Create mandos user and group for server
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*** [#A] Create /var/run/mandos directory with perm and ownership
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** /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/mandos
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*** TODO [#C] use same file name rules as run-parts(8)
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*** TODO [#C] Do not install in initrd.img if configured not to.
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Use "/etc/initramfs-tools/hooksconf.d/mandos"?
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** TODO [#C] $(pkg-config --variable=completionsdir bash-completion)
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*** Do not install in initrd.img if configured not to.
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Use "/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/mandos"? Definitely a debconf
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** /etc/bash_completion.d/mandos
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** TODO Locate which package moves the other bin/sh when busybox is deactivated
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** TODO contact owner of package, and ask them to have that shell static in position regardless of busybox
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* [[http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110530221728][OpenBSD]]
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* Announce project on news
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[[news:comp.os.linux.announce]]
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