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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2018-08-15 09:18:22 UTC
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mandos: Better error message if self-signature verification fails

* mandos (ClientHandler.fingerprint): If the verification of the
  self-signature fails, report the actual error message instead of a
  generic message.

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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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]>
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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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      <year>2018</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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        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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      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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        <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></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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    <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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        <listitem>
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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    <para>
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      None are known at this time.
422
 
    </para>
 
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    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
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425
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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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466
      <para>
432
 
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
467
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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434
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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
 
472
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
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        overwriting old key files:
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      </para>
440
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      <para>
441
476
 
442
477
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
443
 
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
478
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
479
 
 
480
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481
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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
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491
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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
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498
      <para>
 
499
 
 
500
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
501
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
444
502
 
445
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      </para>
446
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447
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448
 
 
 
506
  
449
507
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
451
509
    <para>
452
510
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
453
511
      <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.
 
512
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
513
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
456
514
    </para>
457
515
    <para>
458
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
459
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
516
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
517
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
460
518
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
461
519
    </para>
462
520
  </refsect1>
463
 
 
 
521
  
464
522
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
465
523
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
466
524
    <para>
467
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
525
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
468
526
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
527
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
528
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
529
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
530
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
469
531
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
470
532
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
471
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
533
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
534
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
535
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
472
536
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
473
537
    </para>
474
538
  </refsect1>
475
539
  
476
540
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541
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