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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2019-02-09 23:31:44 UTC
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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 "2008-08-29">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-02-10">
 
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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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    <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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    <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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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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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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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-s
 
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-L
 
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            OpenPGP subkey length in bits.  Default is 4096.
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-e
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><literal>-c</literal>, <literal>--comment</literal>
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
 
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        <term><option>--comment
 
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <para>
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            Comment field for key.  The default value is
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            <quote><literal>Mandos client key</literal></quote>.
 
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            Comment field for key.  Default is empty.
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        <replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-T
 
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        <term><option>-p</option></term>
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            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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            <command>ssh-keyscan</command> to get an SSH fingerprint
 
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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    <para>
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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      new Mandos clients.
 
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      This program is a small utility to generate new TLS and OpenPGP
 
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <para>
361
 
      The exit status will be 0 if new keys were successfully created,
362
 
      otherwise not.
 
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      The exit status will be 0 if a new key (or password, if the
 
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      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
 
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      created, otherwise not.
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367
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
368
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
370
 
        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
 
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        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
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424
        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            If set, temporary files will be created here. See
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
381
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382
 
  <refsect1 id="file">
 
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  <refsect1 id="files">
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    <title>FILES</title>
384
437
    <para>
385
438
      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
408
461
      <varlistentry>
409
 
        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-privkey.pem</filename></term>
 
463
        <listitem>
 
464
          <para>
 
465
            Private key file which will be created or overwritten.
 
466
          </para>
 
467
        </listitem>
 
468
      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
470
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-pubkey.pem</filename></term>
 
471
        <listitem>
 
472
          <para>
 
473
            Public key file which will be created or overwritten.
 
474
          </para>
 
475
        </listitem>
 
476
      </varlistentry>
 
477
      <varlistentry>
 
478
        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
410
479
        <listitem>
411
480
          <para>
412
481
            Temporary files will be written here if
416
485
      </varlistentry>
417
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    </variablelist>
418
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  </refsect1>
419
 
 
 
488
  
420
489
  <refsect1 id="bugs">
421
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    <title>BUGS</title>
422
 
    <para>
423
 
      None are known at this time.
424
 
    </para>
 
491
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
425
492
  </refsect1>
426
 
 
 
493
  
427
494
  <refsect1 id="example">
428
495
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
429
496
    <informalexample>
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498
        Normal invocation needs no options:
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499
      </para>
433
500
      <para>
434
 
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
 
501
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
435
502
      </para>
436
503
    </informalexample>
437
504
    <informalexample>
438
505
      <para>
439
 
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
506
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
440
507
        overwriting old key files:
441
508
      </para>
442
509
      <para>
443
510
 
444
511
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
445
 
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
512
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
 
513
 
 
514
      </para>
 
515
    </informalexample>
 
516
    <informalexample>
 
517
      <para>
 
518
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
 
519
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
 
520
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
521
      </para>
 
522
      <para>
 
523
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
 
524
      </para>
 
525
    </informalexample>
 
526
    <informalexample>
 
527
      <para>
 
528
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
 
529
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
 
530
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
 
531
      </para>
 
532
      <para>
 
533
 
 
534
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
535
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
446
536
 
447
537
      </para>
448
538
    </informalexample>
449
539
  </refsect1>
450
 
 
 
540
  
451
541
  <refsect1 id="security">
452
542
    <title>SECURITY</title>
453
543
    <para>
454
544
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
455
545
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
456
 
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
457
 
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
546
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
 
547
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
458
548
    </para>
459
549
    <para>
460
 
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
461
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
550
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
 
551
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
462
552
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
463
553
    </para>
464
554
  </refsect1>
465
 
 
 
555
  
466
556
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
467
557
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
468
558
    <para>
469
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
559
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
470
560
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
561
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
562
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
563
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
564
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
471
565
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
472
566
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
473
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
 
567
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
568
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
569
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
474
570
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
475
571
    </para>
476
572
  </refsect1>