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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE section 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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<!--
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This file is used by both mandos(8) and mandos.conf(5), since these
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options can be used both on the command line and in the config file.
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It is also used for some texts by mandos-client(8mandos).
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-->
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<section>
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  <title/>
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  <para id="interface">
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    If this is specified, the server will only announce the service
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    and listen to requests on the specified network interface.
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    Default is to use all available interfaces.  <emphasis
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    >Note:</emphasis> a failure to bind to the specified
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    interface is not considered critical, and the server will not
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    exit, but instead continue normally.
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  </para>
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  <para id="address">
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    If this option is used, the server will only listen to the
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    specified IPv6 address.  If a link-local address is specified, an
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    interface should be set, since a link-local address is only valid
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    on a single interface.  By default, the server will listen to all
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    available addresses.  If set, this must normally be an IPv6
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    address; an IPv4 address can only be specified using IPv4-mapped
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    IPv6 address syntax: <quote><systemitem class="ipaddress"
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    >::FFFF:192.0.2.3</systemitem ></quote>.  (Only if IPv6 usage is
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    <emphasis>disabled</emphasis> (see below) must this be an IPv4
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    address.)
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  </para>
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  <para id="port">
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    If this option is used, the server will bind to that port. By
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    default, the server will listen to an arbitrary port given by the
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    operating system.
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  </para>
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  <para id="debug">
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    If the server is run in debug mode, it will run in the foreground
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    and print a lot of debugging information.  The default is to
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    <emphasis>not</emphasis> run in debug mode.
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  </para>
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  <para id="priority">
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    GnuTLS priority string for the <acronym>TLS</acronym> handshake.
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    The default is <quote><literal
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    >SECURE256:!CTYPE-X.509:+CTYPE-OPENPGP:!RSA</literal>
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    <literal>:+SIGN-DSA-SHA256</literal></quote>.
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    See <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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    >gnutls_priority_init</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the syntax.
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    <emphasis>Warning</emphasis>: changing this may make the
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    <acronym>TLS</acronym> handshake fail, making server-client
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    communication impossible.  Changing this option may also make the
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    network traffic decryptable by an attacker.
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  </para>
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  <para id="servicename">
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    Zeroconf service name.  The default is
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    <quote><literal>Mandos</literal></quote>.  This only needs to be
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    changed if for some reason is would be necessary to run more than
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    one server on the same <emphasis>host</emphasis>.  This would not
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    normally be useful.  If there are name collisions on the same
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    <emphasis>network</emphasis>, the newer server will automatically
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    rename itself to <quote><literal>Mandos #2</literal></quote>, and
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    so on; therefore, this option is not needed in that case.
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  </para>
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  <para id="dbus">
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    This option controls whether the server will provide a D-Bus
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    system bus interface.  The default is to provide such an
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    interface.
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  </para>
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  <para id="ipv6">
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    This option controls whether the server will use IPv6 sockets and
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    addresses.  The default is to use IPv6.  This option should
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    <emphasis>never</emphasis> normally be turned off, <emphasis>even in
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    IPv4-only environments</emphasis>.  This is because <citerefentry>
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    <refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> will normally use
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    IPv6 link-local addresses, and will not be able to find or connect
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    to the server if this option is turned off.  <emphasis>Only
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    advanced users should consider changing this option</emphasis>.
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  </para>
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  <para id="restore">
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    This option controls whether the server will restore its state
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    from the last time it ran.  Default is to restore last state.
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  </para>
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  <para id="statedir">
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    Directory to save (and restore) state in.  Default is
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    <quote><filename
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    class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></quote>.
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  </para>
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  <para id="socket">
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    If this option is used, the server will not create a new network
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    socket, but will instead use the supplied file descriptor.  By
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    default, the server will create a new network socket.
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  </para>
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  <para id="foreground">
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    This option will make the server run in the foreground and not
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    write a PID file.  The default is to <emphasis>not</emphasis> run
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    in the foreground, except in <option>debug</option> mode, which
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    implies this option.
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  </para>
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  <para id="zeroconf">
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    This option controls whether the server will announce its
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    existence using Zeroconf.  Default is to use Zeroconf.  If
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    Zeroconf is not used, a <option>port</option> number or a
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    <option>socket</option> is required.
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  </para>
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</section>