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authorJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2018-01-29 20:43:30 +0100
committerJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2018-01-29 20:43:30 +0100
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man: note handling of secret information with permissions
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
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@@ -1025,7 +1025,10 @@
<para>The Base64 encoded private key for the interface. It can be
generated using the <command>wg genkey</command> command
(see <citerefentry project="wireguard"><refentrytitle>wg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
- This option is mandatory to use WireGuard.</para>
+ This option is mandatory to use WireGuard.
+ Note that because this information is secret, you may want to set
+ the permissions of the .netdev file to be owned by <literal>root:systemd-networkd</literal>
+ with a <literal>0640</literal> file mode.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1070,7 +1073,10 @@
by the <command>wg genpsk</command> command. This option adds an
additional layer of symmetric-key cryptography to be mixed into the
already existing public-key cryptography, for post-quantum
- resistance.</para>
+ resistance.
+ Note that because this information is secret, you may want to set
+ the permissions of the .netdev file to be owned by <literal>root:systemd-networkd</literal>
+ with a <literal>0640</literal> file mode.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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