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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-17 20:34:18 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080817203418-l691ahxyc7vmezad
* Makefile (MANPOST): Bug fix: do not replace *all* "een" with "en".

* mandos.xml: More improvements.  Replaced " with <quote>'s.
  (NETWORK PROTOCOL): Replaced <informaltable> with <table> with a
                      <title>.
  (CHECKING): New section describing the continual checking of
              clients.
  (LOGGING): We log to /dev/log, not syslog(3).
  (FILES): Changed to use a <variablelist> instead of an
           <itemizedlist>.  Added "/dev/log" and brief descriptions of
           all files.
  (BUGS): Added content.
  (EXAMPLES): - '' -
  (SECURITY): Added content to subsections "SERVER" and "CLIENTS".

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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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%common;
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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<refentry>
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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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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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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@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.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@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <legalnotice>
 
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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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      <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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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 
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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 key and password for Mandos client and server.
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <term><option>--comment
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-c
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><literal>-c</literal>, <literal>--comment</literal>
 
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          <para>
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        <term><option>--expire
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-x
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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        <term><filename>/etc/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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      <para>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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      <para>
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449
 
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453
 
    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
455
 
      <para>
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        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>.
459
 
      </para>
460
 
      <para>
461
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
462
 
      </para>
463
 
    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
465
 
      <para>
466
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
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        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
468
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
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      </para>
470
 
      <para>
471
 
 
472
 
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473
 
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474
 
 
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      </para>
476
 
    </informalexample>
477
 
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272
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273
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274
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275
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276
 
 
277
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278
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279
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281
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282
 
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481
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    <para>
482
 
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
483
 
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
484
 
      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
 
    <para>
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      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
489
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
490
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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492
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493
 
  
 
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290
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496
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    <para>
497
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
292
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
498
293
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
502
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
503
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
504
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
505
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
506
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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508
299
  </refsect1>
509
300
  
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