2 IPsec Starter -- Version 0.2 [Contributed by Arkoon Network Security]
3 ============================ [ http://www.arkoon.net/]
5 IPsec Starter is aimed to replace all the scripts which are used to
6 start and stop strongSwan and to do that in a quicker and a smarter way.
8 IPsec Starter can also reload the configuration file (kill --HUP or periodicaly)
12 starter [--debug] [--auto_update <x seconds>]
13 --debug: enable debugging output
14 --no_fork: all msg (including pluto) are sent to the console
15 --auto_update: reload the config file (like kill -HUP) every x seconds
16 and determine any configuration changes
21 o Load and unload KLIPS (ipsec.o kernel module)
23 o Load modules of the native Linux 2.6 IPsec stack
25 o Launch and monitor pluto
27 o Add, initiate, route and del connections
29 o Attach and detach interfaces according to config file
31 o kill -HUP can be used to reload the config file. New connections will be
32 added, old ones will be removed and modified ones will be reloaded.
33 Interfaces/Klips/Pluto will be reloaded if necessary.
35 o Full support of the %defaultroute wildcard parameter.
37 o save own pid in /var/run/starter
39 o Upon reloading, dynamic DNS addr will be resolved and reloaded. Use
40 --auto_update to periodicaly check dynamic DNS changes.
42 o kill -USR1 can be used to reload all connections (delete then add and
45 o /var/run/dynip/xxxx can be used to use a virtual interface name in
46 ipsec.conf. By example, when adsl can be ppp0, ppp1, ... :
47 ipsec.conf: interfaces="ipsec0=adsl"
48 And use /etc/ppp/ip-up to create /var/run/dynip/adsl
49 /var/run/dynip/adsl: IP_PHYS=ppp0
51 o %auto can be used to automaticaly name the connections
53 o kill -TERM can be used to stop FS. pluto will be stopped and KLIPS unloaded
54 (if it has been loaded).
56 o Can be used to start strongSwan and load lots of connections in a few
62 o handle wildcards in include lines -- use glob() fct
63 ex: include /etc/ipsec.*.conf
65 o handle duplicates keywords and sections
67 o 'also' keyword not supported
69 o manually keyed connections
79 o Version 0.1 -- 2002.01.14 -- First public release
81 o Version 0.2 -- 2002.09.04 -- Various enhancements
82 FreeS/WAN 1.98b, x509 0.9.14, algo 0.8.0
84 o Version 0.2d -- 2004.01.13 -- Adaptions for Openswan 1.0.0
85 by Stephan Scholz <sscholz@astaro.com>
87 o Version 0.2e -- 2004.10.14 -- Added support for change of interface address
88 by Stephan Scholz <sscholz@astaro.com>
90 o Version 0.2s -- 2005-12-02 -- Ported to strongSwan
91 by Stephan Scholz <sscholz@astaro.com>
93 o Version 0.2x -- 2006-01-02 -- Added missing strongSwan keywords
94 Full support of the native Linux 2.6 IPsec stack
95 Full support of %defaultroute
96 Improved parsing of keywords using perfect hash
97 function generated by gperf.
98 by Andreas Steffen <andreas.steffen@hsr.ch>
103 o Nathan Angelacos - include fix