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diff --git a/man/aeswepd.8.xml.in b/man/aeswepd.8.xml.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fb3557 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/aeswepd.8.xml.in @@ -0,0 +1,175 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?> +<!DOCTYPE manpage SYSTEM "man.dtd"> +<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="man.xsl" ?> + +<!-- $Id$ --> + +<!-- + This file is part of aeswepd. + + aeswepd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under + the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free + Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your + option) any later version. + + aeswepd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT + ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License + for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with aeswepd; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, + Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. +--> + + <manpage name="aeswepd" section="8" desc="AES Rekeying Daemon for IEEE 802.11 WEP"> + + <synopsis> + <cmd>aeswepd [<arg>options</arg>]</cmd> + <cmd>aeswepls [<arg>options</arg>]</cmd> + </synopsis> + + <description> + <p>aeswepd is UNIX daemon for changing WEP keys of WLAN devices + in constant intervals. The WEP keys are calculated by encrypting + the current UNIX time using the AES cypher with a given constant + key. aeswepd is intended to increase the security of the + hardware based, standards compliant WEP technology. </p> + + <p>aeswepd may use up to three hardware WEP keys: the first is + set to the current, the second to the previous and the third to + the next key. This is useful when working with not completely + synchronized RTCs. If only a single hardware WEP key is used, you + have to synchronize your RTCs so that no connectivity interrupts + may occur.</p> + + <p>Currently, aeswepd is able to modify the WEP keys of local + network devices providing the Linux wireless extensions only.</p> + + <p>aeswepls may be used to query the current keys of a running + daemon for the specified interface.</p> + + </description> + + <options> + + <option> + <p><opt>-n | --no-daemon</opt></p> + <optdesc><p> + Do not daemonize (for debugging) (default: off) + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-s | --no-syslog</opt></p> + <optdesc><p> + Do not use syslog, use stdout instead (for debugging) (default: off). + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-i | --iface=</opt> <arg>IFACE</arg></p> + <optdesc><p> + Specify ethernet interface (default: eth0) + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-w | --wait-on-fork</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p> When daemonizing, wait until the background + process finished with the initial link beat detection. When + this is enabled, the parent process will return the link + status on exit. 1 means link beat detected, 2 stands for link + beat not detected, everything else is an error. + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-t | --rekey-time=</opt> <arg>SEC</arg></p> + <optdesc><p>Specify the rekeying interval in seconds.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-K | --key</opt> <arg>KEY</arg></p> + <optdesc><p>Specify the AES key to use. Don't use this options, since users may get access to the key by running <file>ps</file>.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-E | --keye-env</opt> <arg>ENV</arg></p> + <optdesc><p>Specify an environment variable to read the AES key to use from.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-F | --key-file</opt> <arg>FILE</arg></p> + <optdesc><p>Specify a file to read the AES key to use from.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-m | --max-keys=</opt> <arg>NR</arg></p> + <optdesc><p>Specify how many hardware WEP keys are to be used + by aeswepd. Currently only 1 and 3 are supported. Most 802.11 + hardware is capable to use up to four distinct WEP keys + concurrently.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-l | --list-keys</opt></p> + <optdesc><p>Show keys of running daemon for the specified interface. This is implied if the binary is called as <file>aeswepls</file></p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p> + <optdesc><p> + Show help + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-k | --kill</opt></p> + <optdesc><p> + Kill a running daemon (Specify -i to select the daemon instance to kill) + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-c | --check-running</opt></p> + <optdesc><p> + Check if a daemon is running for a given network interface. Sets the return value to 0 if a daemon is already running or to 255 if not. + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-v | --version</opt></p> + <optdesc><p> + Show version + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + </options> + + <section name="Signals"> + <p><arg>SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGTQUIT</arg> aeswepd will quit. This is issued by passing -k to aeswepd.</p> + <p><arg>SIGHUP</arg> aeswepd will rekey immediately.</p> + </section> + + <section name="Author"> + <p>aeswepd was written by Lennart Poettering + <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>. aeswepd is available + at <url + href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/> + </p> + </section> + + <section name="See also"> + <p> + <manref name="waproamd" section="8"/>, <manref name="iwconfig" section="8"/> + </p> + </section> + + <section name="Comments"> + <p>This man page was written using <manref name="xmltoman" section="1" + href="http://masqmail.cx/xml2man/"/> by Oliver Kurth.</p> + </section> + + </manpage> |