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diff --git a/man/strongswan.conf.5.in b/man/strongswan.conf.5.in new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5b85046d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/strongswan.conf.5.in @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.TH STRONGSWAN.CONF 5 "2010-09-09" "@IPSEC_VERSION@" "strongSwan" +.SH NAME +strongswan.conf \- strongSwan configuration file +.SH DESCRIPTION +While the +.IR ipsec.conf (5) +configuration file is well suited to define IPsec related configuration +parameters, it is not useful for other strongSwan applications to read options +from this file. +The file is hard to parse and only +.I ipsec starter +is capable of doing so. As the number of components of the strongSwan project +is continually growing, a more flexible configuration file was needed, one that +is easy to extend and can be used by all components. With strongSwan 4.2.1 +.IR strongswan.conf (5) +was introduced which meets these requirements. + +.SH FILES +.nf +/etc/strongswan.conf + +.SH SEE ALSO +ipsec.conf (5), ipsec.secrets (5) +.SH HISTORY +Written for the strongSwan project <http://www.strongswan.org> by +Tobias Brunner, Andreas Steffen and Martin Willi. |