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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 "2012-06-17">

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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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><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>

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</group>

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<sbr/>

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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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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i

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<group>

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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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The network interface is selected like this: If an interface is

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specified using the <option>--interface</option> option, that

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interface is used. Otherwise, <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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will choose any interface that is up and running and is not a

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loopback interface, is not a point-to-point interface, is

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capable of broadcasting and does 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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interfaces and non-broadcast interfaces are accepted.) If no

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acceptable interfaces are found, re-run the check but without

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the <quote>up and running</quote> requirement, and manually take

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the selected interface up (and later take it down on program

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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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Before a network interface is 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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<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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<term><option>-i

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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable><arg rep='repeat'>,<replaceable

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>NAME</replaceable></arg></option></term>

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<para>

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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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string, which will automatically choose an appropriate

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interface.

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</para>

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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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If the <option>--connect</option> option is used, this

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specifies the interface to use to connect to the address

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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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can not be a pseudo-interface such as <quote>br0</quote>

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or <quote>tun0</quote>; such interfaces will not exist

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until much later in the boot process, and can not be used

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by this program, unless created by a <quote>network

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hook</quote> — see <xref linkend="network-hooks"/>.

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</para>

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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> can be the string

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<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>; this will make

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> not bring up

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<emphasis>any</emphasis> interfaces specified

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<emphasis>after</emphasis> this string. This is not

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recommended, and only meant for advanced users.

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<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>; this will not use

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any specific interface, and will not bring up an interface

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on startup. This is not recommended, and only meant for

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advanced users.

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>SECONDS</replaceable></option></term>

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After bringing a network interface up, the program waits

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After bringing the network interface up, the program waits

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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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<term><envar>DEVICE</envar></term>

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<para>

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The network interfaces, as specified to

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The network interface, as specified to

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> by the

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<option>--interface</option> option, combined to one

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string and separated by commas. If this is set, and

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does not contain the interface a hook will bring up,

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there is no reason for a hook to continue.

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<option>--interface</option> option. If this is not the

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interface a hook will bring up, there is no reason for a

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hook to continue.

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</listitem>

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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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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>