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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 "2015-07-20">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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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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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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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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    <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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      <year>2013</year>
 
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      <year>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</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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        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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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            Subkey length in bits.  Default is 2048.
 
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        <replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
 
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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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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      otherwise not.
 
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        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
 
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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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419
 
    <title>BUGS</title>
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    <para>
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423
 
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424
 
 
 
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452
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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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      <para>
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        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
465
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
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        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
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        overwriting old key files:
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473
      <para>
441
474
 
442
475
<!-- 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>
 
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478
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479
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480
    <informalexample>
 
481
      <para>
 
482
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
483
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
484
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
485
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486
      <para>
 
487
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
488
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489
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490
    <informalexample>
 
491
      <para>
 
492
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
493
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
494
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
495
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496
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497
 
 
498
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
499
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
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445
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446
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448
 
 
 
504
  
449
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
451
507
    <para>
452
508
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
453
509
      <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.
 
510
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
511
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
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    </para>
457
513
    <para>
458
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
459
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
514
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
515
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
460
516
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
461
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    </para>
462
518
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463
 
 
 
519
  
464
520
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
465
521
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
466
522
    <para>
467
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
523
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
468
524
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
525
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
526
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
527
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
528
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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529
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
470
530
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
471
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
531
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
532
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
533
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
472
534
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
473
535
    </para>
474
536
  </refsect1>
475
537
  
476
538
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539
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