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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2013-10-20 21:04:35 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20131020210435-jc94ovr5i4sve16r
* Makefile (install-client-nokey): Install "mandos-change-keytype".
  (uninstall-client): Uninstall "mandos-change-keytype".
* mandos (priority): Changed back default GnuTLS priority string to
                     "SECURE256:!CTYPE-X.509:+CTYPE-OPENPGP".
* mandos-change-keytype: New script which, assuming the Mandos server
                         is responding, will generate a new key with
                         the new mandos-keygen default parameters
                         (currently 4096-bit RSA), and output a
                         replacement section for clients.conf on the
                         Mandos server.
* mandos-keygen: Bug fix: output password prompt even when redirecting
                 stdout.
* mandos-options.xml (priority): Document new default value.
* mandos.conf (priority): - '' -

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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 "2014-06-22">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2013-10-20">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <year>2012</year>
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      <year>2013</year>
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      <year>2014</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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            assumed to separate the address from the port number.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            Normally, Zeroconf would be used to locate Mandos servers,
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            in which case this option would only be used when testing
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            and debugging.
 
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            This option is normally only useful for testing and
 
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            debugging.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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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> only bring up interfaces
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            specified <emphasis>before</emphasis> this string.  This
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            is not recommended, and only meant for advanced users.
 
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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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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      It will also help if the checker program on the server is
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      configured to request something from the client which can not be
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      spoofed by someone else on the network, like SSH server key
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      fingerprints, and unlike unencrypted <acronym>ICMP</acronym>
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      echo (<quote>ping</quote>) replies.
 
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      spoofed by someone else on the network, unlike unencrypted
 
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      <acronym>ICMP</acronym> echo (<quote>ping</quote>) replies.
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      <emphasis>Note</emphasis>: This makes it completely insecure to