IPsec Starter -- Version 0.2 [Contributed by Arkoon Network Security] ============================ [ http://www.arkoon.net/] IPsec Starter is aimed to replace all the scripts which are used to start and stop strongSwan and to do that in a quicker and a smarter way. IPsec Starter can also reload the configuration file (kill --HUP or periodicaly) and apply the changes. Usage: starter [--debug] [--auto_update ] --debug: enable debugging output --no_fork: all msg (including pluto) are sent to the console --auto_update: reload the config file (like kill -HUP) every x seconds and determine any configuration changes FEATURES -------- o Load modules of the native Linux 2.6 IPsec stack o Launch and monitor pluto o Add, initiate, route and del connections o Attach and detach interfaces according to config file o kill -HUP can be used to reload the config file. New connections will be added, old ones will be removed and modified ones will be reloaded. Interfaces/Klips/Pluto will be reloaded if necessary. o Full support of the %defaultroute wildcard parameter. o save own pid in /var/run/starter o Upon reloading, dynamic DNS addr will be resolved and reloaded. Use --auto_update to periodicaly check dynamic DNS changes. o kill -USR1 can be used to reload all connections (delete then add and route/initiate) o /var/run/dynip/xxxx can be used to use a virtual interface name in ipsec.conf. By example, when adsl can be ppp0, ppp1, ... : ipsec.conf: interfaces="ipsec0=adsl" And use /etc/ppp/ip-up to create /var/run/dynip/adsl /var/run/dynip/adsl: IP_PHYS=ppp0 o %auto can be used to automaticaly name the connections o kill -TERM can be used to stop FS. pluto will be stopped. o Can be used to start strongSwan and load lots of connections in a few seconds. TODO ---- o handle wildcards in include lines -- use glob() fct ex: include /etc/ipsec.*.conf o handle duplicates keywords and sections o 'also' keyword not supported o manually keyed connections o IPv6 o Documentation CHANGES ------- o Version 0.1 -- 2002.01.14 -- First public release o Version 0.2 -- 2002.09.04 -- Various enhancements FreeS/WAN 1.98b, x509 0.9.14, algo 0.8.0 o Version 0.2d -- 2004.01.13 -- Adaptions for Openswan 1.0.0 by Stephan Scholz o Version 0.2e -- 2004.10.14 -- Added support for change of interface address by Stephan Scholz o Version 0.2s -- 2005-12-02 -- Ported to strongSwan by Stephan Scholz o Version 0.2x -- 2006-01-02 -- Added missing strongSwan keywords Full support of the native Linux 2.6 IPsec stack Full support of %defaultroute Improved parsing of keywords using perfect hash function generated by gperf. by Andreas Steffen THANKS ------ o Nathan Angelacos - include fix