man: note handling of secret information with permissions

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
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Jason A. Donenfeld 2018-01-29 20:43:30 +01:00
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<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>
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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>
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