manpage(SILCD) (8) (October 31 2002) (silc-server) (silc-server)


manpagename(silcd) (SILC server)


manpagesynopsis()
bf(silcd) bf([) -f em(file) | -d | -D | -x | -h | -F | -C | -V bf(])


manpagedescription()
Silcd is a server for SILC, Secure Internet Live Conferencing network.


manpageoptions()
bf(-f) em(FILE)    Read configuration from em(FILE).

bf(-d)         Enable debugging (Implies -F).

bf(-D) em(LEVEL)   Enable debug messages of level em(LEVEL) and lower (Implies -F).

bf(-x)         Enable hexdumps (Implies -d).

bf(-F)         Don't fork.  Run silcd on foreground.

bf(-h)         Display help message.

bf(-V)         Display version.

bf(-C)         Create new public key pair. See bf(KEY GENERATION) for options.

manpagesection(LONG OPTIONS)
bf(--config-file)=em(FILE)    Same as bf(-f).

bf(--debug)=em(STRING)        Same as bf(-d), limit to messages *em(STRING)*.

bf(--debug-level)=em(LEVEL)   Same as bf(-D).

bf(--hexdump)             Same as bf(-x).

bf(--foreground)          Same as bf(-F).

bf(--version)             Same as bf(-V).

bf(--create-key-pair)     Same as bf(-C).


manpagesection(KEY GENERATION)
When generating new key pair for silcd (bf(-C)), the following extra switches
apply:

bf(--pkcs)=em(PKCS)       Set the public key algorithm of public key pair.  For example bf(rsa).

bf(--bits)=em(VALUE)      Set the length of public key pair, in bits.

bf(--identifier)=em(ID)   Set em(ID) as public key identifier.

The identifier has the format of:

UN=<username>, HN=<hostname or IP>, RN=<real name>, E=<email>,
O=<organization>, C=<country>

Both UN and HN are mandatory, all the rest are optional but recommended.
If no bf(--identifier) is used, an identifier will be created automatically.

Example:

bf(silcd -C --identifier)="UN=foobar, HN=foo.bar.com, RN=Foo T. Bar,
E=foo@bar.com, C=FI"


manpagefiles()
There are two configuration files for silcd: 
em(/etc/silc/silcd.conf) for server configuration and
em(/etc/silc/silcalgs.conf) for SIM (SILC Modules) configuration. 
Do note that silcalgs.conf is only needed if cryptographic algorithms are 
built as separate modules.


manpageseealso()
bf(silc(1)), bf(silcd.conf(5))


manpagesection(NETWORK RESOURCES)
Homepage: bf(http://silcnet.org)

manpageauthor()
SILC is designed and written by Pekka Riikonen <priikone@iki.fi> and rest
of the SILC Project.

This manpage was written by Mika 'Bostik' Boström <bostik@lut.fi>

See bf(CREDITS) for full list of contributors.