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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 "2012-07-23">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-08-08">
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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>2012</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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        ><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group rep='repeat'>
 
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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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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        <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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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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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 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 an OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and
 
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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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      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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      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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        <term><option>--interface=<replaceable
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        >NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable
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        >NAME</replaceable></arg></option></term>
 
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        >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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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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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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            The default is the empty string, which will automatically
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            use all appropriate interfaces.
 
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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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            interface.
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          </para>
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            If the <option>--connect</option> option is used, and
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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 normally not be a pseudo-interface such as
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            <quote>br0</quote> or <quote>tun0</quote>; such interfaces
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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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            linkend="network-hooks"/>.
 
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        >SECONDS</replaceable></option></term>
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  </refsect1>
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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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        can be automatically determined:
 
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        is <quote>eth0</quote>:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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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 interface when it
 
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                is brought up.
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              </para>
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