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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2017-02-23 19:11:11 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20170223191111-poodzw0cr26utaz0
Update copyright year to 2017

* DBUS-API: Update copyright year to 2017.
* debian/copyright: - '' -
* intro.xml: - '' -
* mandos: - '' -
* mandos-clients.conf.xml: - '' -
* mandos-ctl: - '' -
* mandos-ctl.xml: - '' -
* mandos-keygen: - '' -
* mandos-keygen.xml: - '' -
* mandos-monitor: - '' -
* mandos-monitor.xml: - '' -
* mandos.conf.xml: - '' -
* mandos.xml: - '' -
* plugin-helpers/mandos-client-iprouteadddel.c: - '' -
* plugin-runner.c: - '' -
* plugin-runner.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/askpass-fifo.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/askpass-fifo.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/mandos-client.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/mandos-client.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/password-prompt.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/password-prompt.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/plymouth.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/plymouth.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/splashy.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/splashy.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/usplash.c: - '' -
* plugins.d/usplash.xml: - '' -

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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 "2017-02-23">
 
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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>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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      <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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        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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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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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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      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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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir</option>
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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></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            encryption-only).
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</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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      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
 
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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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        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        <listitem>
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    <title>BUGS</title>
420
 
    <para>
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      None are known at this time.
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    </para>
 
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    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
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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>
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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      </para>
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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
 
471
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
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        overwriting old key files:
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      <para>
441
475
 
442
476
<!-- 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>
 
478
 
 
479
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481
    <informalexample>
 
482
      <para>
 
483
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
484
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
485
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
486
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487
      <para>
 
488
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
489
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490
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491
    <informalexample>
 
492
      <para>
 
493
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
494
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
495
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
496
      </para>
 
497
      <para>
 
498
 
 
499
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
500
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
444
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445
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447
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448
 
 
 
505
  
449
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
451
508
    <para>
452
509
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
453
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      <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.
 
511
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
512
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
456
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    </para>
457
514
    <para>
458
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
459
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
515
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
516
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
460
517
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
461
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    </para>
462
519
  </refsect1>
463
 
 
 
520
  
464
521
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
465
522
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
466
523
    <para>
467
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
524
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
468
525
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
526
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
527
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
528
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
529
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
470
531
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
471
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
532
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
533
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
534
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
472
535
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
473
536
    </para>
474
537
  </refsect1>
475
538
  
476
539
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