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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos-clients.conf">
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<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/clients.conf</filename>">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-12-09">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-01-01">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</year>
 
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      <year>2010</year>
 
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      <year>2011</year>
 
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      <year>2012</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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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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          <para>
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            The timeout is how long the server will wait (for either a
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            successful checker run or a client receiving its secret)
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            until a client is disabled and not allowed to get the data
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            this server holds.  By default Mandos will use 1 hour.
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          </para>
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            The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
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            space-separated number of values, each of which is a
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            number and a one-character suffix.  The suffix must be one
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            of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
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            <quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
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            minutes, hours, and weeks, respectively.  The values are
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            added together to give the total time value, so all of
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            <quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
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            <quote><literal>110s 110s 110s</literal></quote>, and
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            <quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
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            of five minutes and thirty seconds.
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          </para>
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        <term><option>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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            How often to run the checker to confirm that a client is
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            still up.  <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> a new checker will
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            not be started if an old one is still running.  The server
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            will wait for a checker to complete until the above
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            <quote><varname>timeout</varname></quote> occurs, at which
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            time the client will be disabled, and any running checker
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            killed.  The default interval is 5 minutes.
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          <para>
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        <term><option>approval_delay<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
 
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            How long to wait for external approval before resorting to
 
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            default is <quote>0s</quote>, i.e. not to wait.
 
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        <term><option>approval_duration<literal> = </literal
 
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        ><replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
 
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            The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
 
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        <term><option>approved_by_default<literal> = </literal
 
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          >{ <literal >1</literal> | <literal>yes</literal> | <literal
 
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          >true</literal> | <literal>on</literal> | <literal
 
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        <term><option>extended_timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        <term><option>fingerprint<literal> = </literal
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        ><replaceable>HEXSTRING</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option><literal>host = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >STRING</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <quote><classname>Client</classname></quote> object.  See the
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-keygen</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>