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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-18 05:57:11 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 "2018-02-08">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
 
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<!ENTITY OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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<refentry>
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  <refentryinfo>
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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>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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        </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@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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    </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>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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      <year>2017</year>
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      <year>2018</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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      <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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      <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 key and password for Mandos client and server.
 
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
 
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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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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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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--force</option></term>
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        <term><option>-f</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Force overwriting old key.
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--password</option></term>
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        <term><option>-p</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
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            present in either <filename>/etc/mandos</filename> or the
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            directory specified with the <option>--dir</option>
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            option.  Outputs, on standard output, a section suitable
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            >mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--passfile
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-F
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-S</option></term>
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    <para>
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
 
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    <para>
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        <listitem>
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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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>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
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        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
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        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
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        overwriting old key files:
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      <para>
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477
365
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
479
 
 
480
 
      </para>
481
 
    </informalexample>
482
 
    <informalexample>
483
 
      <para>
484
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
485
 
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
486
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
487
 
      </para>
488
 
      <para>
489
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
490
 
      </para>
491
 
    </informalexample>
492
 
    <informalexample>
493
 
      <para>
494
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
495
 
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
496
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
497
 
      </para>
498
 
      <para>
499
 
 
500
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
501
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
 
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<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
502
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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506
 
  
 
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
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    <para>
510
 
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
511
 
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
512
 
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
513
 
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
375
      The <option>--type</option> and <option>--length</option>
 
376
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
 
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      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
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378
    </para>
515
379
    <para>
516
 
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
517
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
 
381
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    </para>
520
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521
 
  
 
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523
387
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
524
388
    <para>
525
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
389
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
526
390
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
391
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
392
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
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393
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
528
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
529
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
530
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
531
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
532
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
533
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
534
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
535
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
536
394
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
537
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    </para>
538
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539
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