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-rw-r--r--conf/plugins/kernel-netlink.opt14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/conf/plugins/kernel-netlink.opt b/conf/plugins/kernel-netlink.opt
index 6adefd8de..0d465f607 100644
--- a/conf/plugins/kernel-netlink.opt
+++ b/conf/plugins/kernel-netlink.opt
@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ charon.plugins.kernel-netlink.ignore_retransmit_errors = no
Whether to ignore errors potentially resulting from a retransmission.
charon.plugins.kernel-netlink.xfrm_acq_expires = 165
- Lifetime of XFRM acquire state in kernel.
-
- Lifetime of XFRM acquire state in kernel. The value gets written to
- /proc/sys/net/core/xfrm_acq_expires. Indirectly controls the delay of XFRM
- acquire messages sent.
+ Lifetime of XFRM acquire state and allocated SPIs in kernel.
+
+ Lifetime of XFRM acquire state created by the kernel when traffic matches a
+ trap policy. The value gets written to /proc/sys/net/core/xfrm_acq_expires.
+ Indirectly controls the delay between XFRM acquire messages triggered by the
+ kernel for a trap policy. The same value is used as timeout for SPIs
+ allocated by the kernel. The default value equals the default total
+ retransmission timeout for IKE messages, see IKEv2 RETRANSMISSION
+ in **strongswan.conf**(5).