NAME

       eurephia_init - Initialisation utility for the eurephia OpenVPN plug-in.

SYNOPSIS

       eurephia_init   [-V|--version]   [-h|--help]   [-l|--log   <filename>]   [-L|--log-level   <log   level>]
       [-N|--hash-threshold-min   <ms>]    [-M|--hash-threshold-max    <ms>]    [-D|--database-driver    <path>]
       [-d|--database-args <args>]

DESCRIPTION

       This  utility  is  only  supposed  to be used when installing eurephia.  The purpose is to initialise the
       database eurephia will use, by setting up some standard configuration values and create an  administrator
       account

OPTIONS

       Arguments used by eurephia_init:

       -V | --version
              Show version information

       -h | --help
              This help screen

       -l | --log <filename>
              Log file for debugging

       -L | --log-level <log level>
              Sets the log level

       -N | --hash-threshold-min <ms> : Benchmarking parameter, see below. Default 95ms

       -M | --hash-threshold-max <ms> : Benchmarking parameter, see below. Default 200ms

       -D | --database-driver <full path>
              Full path to the database driver (Required)

       -d | --database-args <arguments>
              Required database arguments for the driver (Required)

BENCHMARKING

       During the initialisation this utility will benchmark the CPU power by doing multiple SHA512 hash
       calculations.  This is to determinate the optimal rounds the password hashes should use on the current
       computer.  To make it more difficult to brute force passwords, eurephia implements dynamic password hash
       rounds, based on a random number within in a given range.  This benchmark will suggest an optimal range.
       To do this, two limits are defined, the shortest time and the longest time to be used for calculating a
       hash.  The default values are 95ms and 200ms.

       If you want to modify those thresholds, you can do so with the --hash-threshold-min and
       --hash-threshold-max options.  By increasing these numbers, you will allow the number of rounds to be
       increased.

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 2009-2012  David Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net>

David Sommerseth                                    June 2010                                   eurephia_init(7)