1 .TH IPSEC 8 "26 March 2002"
2 .\" RCSID $Id: ipsec.8,v 1.16 2002/03/26 17:49:43 henry Exp $
4 ipsec \- invoke IPsec utilities
7 command [ argument ...]
28 invokes any of several utilities involved in controlling the IPsec
29 encryption/authentication system,
34 as if it had been invoked directly.
35 This largely eliminates possible name collisions with other software,
36 and also permits some centralized services.
42 with a suitable PATH environment variable,
43 and also provides IPSEC_DIR,
44 IPSEC_CONFS, and IPSEC_VERSION environment variables,
45 containing respectively
46 the full pathname of the directory where the IPsec utilities are stored,
47 the full pathname of the directory where the configuration files live,
48 and the IPsec version number.
51 lists the available commands.
52 Most have their own manual pages, e.g.
57 .B "ipsec \-\-version"
58 outputs version information about Linux FreeS/WAN.
59 A version code of the form ``U\fIxxx\fR/K\fIyyy\fR''
60 indicates that the user-level utilities are version \fIxxx\fR
61 but the kernel portion appears to be version \fIyyy\fR
62 (this form is used only if the two disagree).
64 .B "ipsec \-\-versioncode"
65 outputs \fIjust\fR the version code,
68 supporting information,
71 .B "ipsec \-\-copyright"
72 supplies boring copyright details.
74 .B "ipsec \-\-directory"
77 thinks the IPsec utilities are stored.
79 .B "ipsec \-\-confdir"
82 thinks the IPsec configuration files are stored.
84 /usr/local/lib/ipsec usual utilities directory
88 ipsec.conf(5), ipsec.secrets(5),
92 ipsec_showdefaults(8),
97 HTML documentation shipped with the release, starting with
99 .I <http://www.freeswan.org/doc.html>
102 Written for Linux FreeS/WAN
103 <http://www.freeswan.org>
106 The provision of centralized services,
108 does compromise the original concept of making the utilities
109 invocable directly as well as via