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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2011-12-03 01:04:54 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20111203010454-9g5cyo2x7xwnacc5
* mandos (ClientDBus.approval_delay, ClientDBus.approval_duration,
  ClientDBus.timeout, ClientDBus.extended_timeout,
  ClientDBus.interval): Bug fix: Cast to correct D-Bus type.
* mandos-ctl (string_to_delta): Interpret unadorned numbers as
                                milliseconds.

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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">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-02-27">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-22">
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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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@recompile.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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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      client host computers.  The Mandos server uses Zeroconf to
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      announce itself on the local network, and uses TLS to
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      communicate securely with and to authenticate the clients.  The
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      Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to use IPv6
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      link-local addresses, since the clients will probably not have
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      any other addresses configured (see <xref linkend="overview"/>).
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      Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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      password for that specific client.
 
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      client host computers. For an introduction, see
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
 
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      uses Zeroconf to announce itself on the local network, and uses
 
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      TLS to communicate securely with and to authenticate the
 
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      clients.  The Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to
 
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      use IPv6 link-local addresses, since the clients will probably
 
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      not have any other addresses configured (see <xref
 
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      linkend="overview"/>).  Any authenticated client is then given
 
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      the stored pre-encrypted password for that specific client.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="ipv6"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--no-restore</option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="restore"/>
 
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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      for some time, the client is assumed to be compromised and is no
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      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  (Manual
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      intervention is required to re-enable a client.)  The timeout,
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      checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
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      both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
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      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
 
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      can be configured both globally and per client; see
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  A client successfully
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      receiving its password will also be treated as a successful
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      checker run.
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
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    <para>
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      The server will send log message with various severity levels to
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      <filename>/dev/log</filename>.  With the
 
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      <filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename>.  With the
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      <option>--debug</option> option, it will log even more messages,
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            The Unix domain socket to where local syslog messages are
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      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
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    </para>
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    </para>
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      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
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      keys.
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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        <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>