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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2009-01-24 14:24:54 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20090124142454-32yvrhezuucam9vz
* plugins.d/mandos-client.xml (DESCRIPTION): Mention the bringing up
                                             of a network interface.

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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 "2009-01-04">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-01-24">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
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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.  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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      to get a password.  It brings up a network interface, uses its
 
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      IPv6 link-local address to get network connectivity, uses
 
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      Zeroconf to find servers, and uses TLS with an OpenPGP key to
 
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      ensure authenticity and confidentiality.  It keeps running,
 
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      trying all servers on the network, until it receives a
 
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      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