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| author | Tobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org> | 2010-09-09 18:50:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Tobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org> | 2010-09-10 12:01:20 +0200 |
| commit | fa8c06903f39e0dd84d98b4892d18ddcb385d687 (patch) | |
| tree | 15a96b061e2a45c6980f886bffd7478fc5586404 /man/strongswan.conf.5.in | |
| parent | 320cecd2dd66cb0fcaafb541e44e6409d805b0de (diff) | |
| download | strongswan-fa8c06903f39e0dd84d98b4892d18ddcb385d687.tar.bz2 strongswan-fa8c06903f39e0dd84d98b4892d18ddcb385d687.tar.xz | |
More information about IKEv2 retransmissions added.
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/strongswan.conf.5.in b/man/strongswan.conf.5.in index 95555fa16..f73dd6004 100644 --- a/man/strongswan.conf.5.in +++ b/man/strongswan.conf.5.in @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ WINS servers assigned to peer via configuration payload (CP) Process RTM_NEWROUTE and RTM_DELROUTE events .TP .BR charon.retransmit_base " [1.8]" -Base to use for calculating exponential back off +Base to use for calculating exponential back off, see IKEv2 RETRANSMISSION below .TP .BR charon.retransmit_timeout " [4.0] Timeout in seconds before sending first retransmit @@ -419,6 +419,43 @@ Plugins to load in ipsec scepclient tool .BR starter.load_warning " [yes]" Disable charon/pluto plugin load option warning +.SH IKEv2 RETRANSMISSION +Retransmission timeouts in the IKEv2 daemon charon can be configured globally +using the three keys listed below: +.PP +.RS +.nf +.BR charon.retransmit_base " [1.8]" +.BR charon.retransmit_timeout " [4.0]" +.BR charon.retransmit_tries " [5]" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The following algorithm is used to calculate the timeout: +.PP +.EX + relative timeout = retransmit_timeout * retransmit_base ^ (n-1) +.EE +.PP +Where +.I n +is the current retransmission count. +.PP +Using the default values, packets are retransmitted in: + +.TS +l r r +--- +lB r r. +Retransmission Relative Timeout Absolute Timeout +1 4s 4s +2 7s 11s +3 13s 24s +4 23s 47s +5 42s 89s +giving up 76s 165s +.TE + .SH FILES /etc/strongswan.conf |