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  • Date: 2016-03-05 22:43:39 UTC
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 
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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 "2016-03-05">
 
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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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  <refentryinfo>
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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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    <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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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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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      <year>2016</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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      </para>
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      <para>
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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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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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  <refnamediv>
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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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    <cmdsynopsis>
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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></option></arg>
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
 
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
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    <title>BUGS</title>
342
 
    <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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      <para>
354
 
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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356
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
359
 
        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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      <para>
363
474
 
364
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<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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<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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368
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370
 
 
 
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
373
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    <para>
374
 
      The <option>--type</option> and <option>--length</option>
375
 
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
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      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
508
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
 
509
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
 
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>
378
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    <para>
379
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
380
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
514
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
515
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
381
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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383
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384
 
 
 
519
  
385
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
387
522
    <para>
388
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
523
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
389
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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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
391
530
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
392
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
531
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
532
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
533
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
393
534
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
394
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395
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396
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