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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2009-01-12 22:02:33 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20090112220233-lawxo4uvyzb38u1f
* README (The Plugin System): Removed redundant text about options and
                              files for the plugins, this is now
                              documented in the manuals for the
                              plugins.

* plugins.d/mandos-client.c (main): Remove comment which was copied
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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-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-01-04">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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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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        <option>--retry <replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></option>
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      </arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg>
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        <option>--network-hook-dir<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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      <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 received.
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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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      </varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--interface=<replaceable
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        >NAME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-i
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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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 it
 
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            <quote><literal>eth0</literal></quote>.
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            given.
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            or <quote>tun0</quote>; such interfaces will not exist
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            by this program.
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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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<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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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>