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PT-TLS-CLIENT(1) strongSwan PT-TLS-CLIENT(1)

NAME

pt-tls-client - Simple client using PT-TLS to collect integrity information

SYNOPSIS

pt-tls-client --connect hostname|address [--port port] [--certid hex|--cert file]+ [--keyid hex|--key file] [--key-type rsa|ecdsa] [--client client-id] [--secret password] [--mutual] [--options filename] [--quiet] [--debug level]
pt-tls-client -h | --help

DESCRIPTION

pt-tls-client is a simple client using the PT-TLS (RFC 6876) transport protocol to collect integrity measurements on the client platform. PT-TLS does an initial TLS handshake with certificate-based server authentication and optional certificate-based client authentication. Alternatively simple password-based SASL client authentication protected by TLS can be used.

Attribute requests and integrity measurements are exchanged via the PA-TNC (RFC 5792) message protocol between any number of Integrity Measurement Verifiers (IMVs) residing on the remote PT-TLS server and multiple Integrity Measurement Collectors (IMCs) loaded dynamically by the PT-TLS client according to a list defined by /etc/tnc_config. PA-TNC messages that contain one or several PA-TNC attributes are multiplexed into PB-TNC (RFC 5793) client or server data batches which in turn are transported via PT-TLS.

OPTIONS

Prints usage information and a short summary of the available commands.
Set the hostname or IP address of the PT-TLS server.
Set the port of the PT-TLS server, default: 271.
Set the path to an X.509 certificate file. This option can be repeated to load multiple client and CA certificates.
Set the handle of the certificate stored in a smartcard or a TPM 2.0 Trusted Platform Module.
Set the path to the client's PKCS#1 or PKCS#8 private key file
Define the type of the private key if stored in PKCS#1 format. Can be omitted with PKCS#8 keys.
Set the keyid of the private key stored in a smartcard or a TPM 2.0 Trusted Platform Module.
Set the username or client ID of the client required for password-based SASL authentication.
Set the preshared secret or client password required for password-based SASL authentication.
Enable mutual attestation between PT-TLS client and PT-TLS server.
Set debug level, default: 1.
Disable debug output to stderr.
-+, --options file
Read command line options from file.

EXAMPLES

Connect to a PT-TLS server using certificate-based authentication, storing the private ECDSA key in a file:


pt-tls-client --connect pdp.example.com --cert ca.crt \
--cert client.crt --key client.key --key-type ecdsa

Connect to a PT-TLS server using certificate-based authentication, storing the private key in a smartcard or a TPM 2.0 Trusted Platform Module:


pt-tls-client --connect pdp.example.com --cert ca.crt \
--cert client.crt --keyid 0x81010002

Connect to a PT-TLS server listening on port 443, using SASL password-based authentication:


pt-tls-client --connect pdp.example.com --port 443 --cert ca.crt \
--client jane --password p2Nl9trKlb

FILES

/etc/tnc_config

SEE ALSO

strongswan.conf(5)

2018-11-20 5.9.14