1 .TH IPSEC_IKEPING 8 "23 Feb 2002"
2 .\" RCSID $Id: ikeping.8,v 1.2 2002/03/12 19:49:42 rgb Exp $
4 ipsec ikeping \- send/receive ISAKMP/IKE echo requests/replies
24 ] destaddr[/dstport] ...
27 sends and receives ISAKMP/IKE echo request and echo reply packets. These
28 packets are intended for diagnostics purposes, in a manner similar to
30 does for ICMP echo request/reply packets.
32 At the time of this writing, the ISAKMP echo request/reply exchange is still
33 an internet-draft, and is therefore completely non-standard.
36 will bind to the local address given by
38 and the port number given by
40 defaulting to the wildcard address and the ISAKMP port 500. An ISAKMP
41 exchange of type 244 (a private use number) is sent to each of the
42 address/ports listed on the command line. The exchange number may be
48 then listens for replies, printing them as they are received. Replies
49 are of exchange type 245 or the specified exchange number plus 1.
51 will keep listening until it either receives as many echo responses as it sent,
52 or until the timeout period (10 seconds) has been reached. Receipt of a
53 packet will reset the timer. The
55 option can be used to specify a different timeout period.
61 will not send any packets. Instead, it will listen for them and reply to
62 each request received.
66 ping(8), ipsec_pluto(8)
68 Written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project
69 <http://www.freeswan.org>
70 by Michael Richardson.