1 manpage(SILCD) (8) (November 20 2003) (silc-server) (silc-server)
4 manpagename(silcd) (SILC server)
8 bf(silcd) bf([) -f em(file) | -d | -D | -x | -h | -F | -C em(path) | -V bf(])
12 Silcd is a server for SILC, Secure Internet Live Conferencing network.
16 bf(-f) em(FILE) Read configuration from em(FILE)
18 bf(-d) Enable debugging (Implies -F)
20 bf(-D) em(LEVEL) Enable debug messages of level em(LEVEL) and lower (Implies -F)
22 bf(-x) Enable hexdumps (Implies -d)
24 bf(-F) Don't fork. Run silcd on foreground.
26 bf(-h) Display help message
28 bf(-V) Display version
30 bf(-C) em(PATH) Create new public key pair. See bf(KEY GENERATION) for options.
32 manpagesection(LONG OPTIONS)
33 bf(--config-file)=em(FILE) Same as bf(-f)
35 bf(--debug)=em(STRING) Same as bf(-d), limit to messages *em(STRING)*
37 bf(--debug-level)=em(LEVEL) Same as bf(-D)
39 bf(--hexdump) Same as bf(-x)
41 bf(--foreground) Same as bf(-F)
43 bf(--version) Same as bf(-V)
45 bf(--create-key-pair)=em(PATH) Same as bf(-C)
48 manpagesection(KEY GENERATION)
49 bf(-C) must be followed directly with a path to directory into which the
50 private and public keys will be written to. When generating new key pair
51 for silcd (bf(-C)), the following extra switches apply:
53 bf(--pkcs)=em(PKCS) Set the public key algorithm of public key pair. For example bf(rsa).
55 bf(--bits)=em(VALUE) Set the length of public key pair, in bits.
57 bf(--identifier)=em(ID) Set em(ID) as public key identifier.
59 The identifier has the format of:
61 UN=<username>, HN=<hostname or IP>, RN=<real name>, E=<email>,
62 O=<organization>, C=<country>
64 Both UN and HN are mandatory, all the rest are optional but recommended.
65 If no bf(--identifier) is used, an identifier will be created automatically.
69 bf(silcd -C /etc/silcd --identifier)="UN=foobar, HN=foo.bar.com,
70 RN=Foo T. Bar, E=foo@bar.com, C=FI"
74 There are two configuration files for silcd:
75 em(/etc/silc/silcd.conf) for server configuration and
76 em(/etc/silc/silcalgs.conf) for SIM (SILC Modules) configuration.
77 Do note that silcalgs.conf is only needed if cryptographic algorithms are
78 built as separate modules.
82 bf(silc(1)), bf(silcd.conf(5))
85 manpagesection(NETWORK RESOURCES)
86 Homepage: bf(http://silcnet.org)
89 SILC is designed and written by Pekka Riikonen <priikone@iki.fi> and rest
92 This manpage was written by Mika 'Bostik' Boström <bostik@lut.fi>
94 See bf(CREDITS) for full list of contributors.