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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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 VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2014-06-22">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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    <title>Mandos Manual</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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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
 
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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    <authorgroup>
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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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        </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>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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        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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      </para>
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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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      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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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--type</option>
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--length</option>
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        <replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <para>
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
 
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        <listitem>
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
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          <para>
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    <para>
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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        Normal invocation needs no options:
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460
      <para>
432
 
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
461
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
437
 
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
466
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
438
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        overwriting old key files:
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440
469
      <para>
441
470
 
442
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<!-- do not wrap this line -->
443
 
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
473
 
 
474
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475
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476
    <informalexample>
 
477
      <para>
 
478
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
479
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
480
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
481
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482
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483
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
484
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485
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486
    <informalexample>
 
487
      <para>
 
488
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
489
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
490
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
491
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492
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493
 
 
494
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
495
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
444
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445
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446
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    </informalexample>
447
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448
 
 
 
500
  
449
501
  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
451
503
    <para>
452
504
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
453
505
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
454
 
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
455
 
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
506
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
507
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
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    </para>
457
509
    <para>
458
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
459
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
510
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
511
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
460
512
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
461
513
    </para>
462
514
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463
 
 
 
515
  
464
516
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
465
517
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
466
518
    <para>
467
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
519
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
468
520
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
521
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
522
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
523
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
524
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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525
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
470
526
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
471
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
527
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
528
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
529
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
472
530
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
473
531
    </para>
474
532
  </refsect1>
475
533
  
476
534
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535
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