Re: ipsecadm

[_azure <azure_(_at_)_gh0st_(_dot_)_net>]

I believe the vpn(8) man page now contains the correct syntax.

_azure




On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:27:34AM -0600, Emre wrote:
> On Sunday 17 December 2000 00:40, Ken wrote:
> > While using ipsecadm for setting up and testing a tunnel I seem to be
> > having issues... with the command syntax listed below I keep getting
> > 'write: Invalid argument' errors... is there a bug in the 2.8 current try
> > that would be causing this?
> >
> >
> > --command syntax I am using
> >
> > ipsecadm new esp -enc aes -auth sha1 -forcetunnel -src aa.bb.cc.dd\
> >  -authkey kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk -spi 1001 \
> >  -dst ee.ff.gg.hh -key KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
> >
> > ----end command
> 
> 
> I assume you got this from the FAQ and run 2.8 or -current.  The IPsec FAQ on 
> the website is outdated, so this will not work anymore.  I've encountered 
> this problem a couple of weeks ago, but I don't remember how I solved it.  I 
> do remember however that you have to use one of the -in, -out, -deny, -use, 
> -acquire, -require, -dontacq, -permit, etc flags.  man ipsecadm and scroll 
> down to "flow"  it should tell you what to do.  I think you don't have to use 
> -spi anymore either...
> Hope this helps!
> 
> cheers,
> 
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