manpage(SILCD) (8) (November 20 2003) (silc-server) (silc-server)


manpagename(silcd) (SILC server)


manpagesynopsis()
bf(silcd) bf([) -f em(file) | -d | -D | -x | -h | -F | -C em(path) | -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) em(PATH)   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)=em(PATH)  Same as bf(-C)


manpagesection(KEY GENERATION)
bf(-C) must be followed directly with a path to directory into which the
private and public keys will be written to. 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 /etc/silcd --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.