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  • Date: 2013-10-22 19:46:35 UTC
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">
 
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
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    <!-- NWalsh's docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
 
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
 
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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      <author>
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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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      </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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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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      <year>2009</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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    <legalnotice>
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      <para>
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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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        later version.
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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        for more details.
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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        License along with this program; If not, see
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir</option>
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--type</option>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--length</option>
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></arg>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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        <term><option>--force</option></term>
 
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            <varname>TMPDIR</varname> is not set.
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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      <para>
 
455
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
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        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
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        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
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        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
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        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
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469
      <para>
 
470
 
 
471
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
 
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474
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475
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476
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
291
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    <para>
 
481
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
 
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      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
 
483
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
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      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
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    <para>
 
487
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
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      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
292
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293
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294
 
 
 
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295
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296
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
297
495
    <para>
298
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
496
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
299
497
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
498
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
499
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
500
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
501
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
301
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
302
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
303
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
503
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
504
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
505
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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506
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305
507
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306
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