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authorAndreas Steffen <andreas.steffen@strongswan.org>2009-06-06 16:23:42 +0200
committerMartin Willi <martin@strongswan.org>2009-06-09 11:03:33 +0200
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updated documentation on leftsendcert
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@@ -1505,12 +1505,16 @@ any certificates to the other end via the IKE Main Mode protocol. Especially
if self-signed certificates are used which wouldn't be accepted any way by
the other side. In these cases it is recommended to add
- leftsendcert=never
+ leftsendcert=never
to the connection definition[s] in order to avoid the sending of the host's
own certificate. The default value is
- leftsendcert=always.
+ leftsendcert=ifasked
+
+If a peer does not send a certificate request then use the setting
+
+ leftsendcert=always
If a peer certificate contains a subjectAltName extension, then an alternative
rightid type can be used, as the example "conn sun" shows. If no rightid