l2tpipsecvpn(1) [debian man page]

L2tpIPsecVpn(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   L2tpIPsecVpn(1)

NAME

       L2tpIPsecVpn - L2tp over IPsec VPN Manager applet for the GNOME Desktop

SYNOPSIS

       L2tpIPsecVpn [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  GUI is not a network manager plugin. However, it provides a systray icon in the indicator applet from which a non privileged user can
       establish and bring down L2TP over IPsec VPN connections.

       From there the user can add, remove and edit vpn connections.

       Editing allows configuring various options for IPsec, L2TP and PPP.

       Among others, the user can configure eg. the gateway, the use of either PSK or a certificate for authentication, various  L2TP  options	as
       redial-	timeout and attempts and of course all important PPP options. It also allows you to configure PPP for tunnel splitting because you
       can add routes as you want.

       When applying your settings, all necessary configuration files are written accordingly (ipsec.conf, xl2tp.conf, options.xl2tpd, opensc.conf
       up and down scripts ...).

       It relies on Openswan and xl2tp packages as the underlying protocol handlers.

       You  can  also  use  certificates  on your local machine or, if e.g. OpenSC is installed and configured, even on a smart card to handle PPP
       authentication.

       The GUI automatically detects when network interfaces are going up or down and can (if so configured) automatically establish or close  VPN
       connections.

OPTIONS

       startConnectionEditor
	      Starts the connection editor dialog.

       applySettings
	      Write  configuration  files  according  to  the connection settings, must be started with root privileges, ie use gksudo as non root
	      user.

       deleteAllConfFiles
	      Delete all configuration files, must be started with root privileges, ie use gksudo as non root user.

AUTHORS

       Werner Jaeger

version 1.0.9							    11 Oct 2012 						   L2tpIPsecVpn(1)

vpnd(8) 						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						   vpnd(8)

NAME

     vpnd -- Mac OS X VPN service daemon

SYNOPSIS

     vpnd [-d | -n | -x] [-i server_id]
     vpnd [-h]

DESCRIPTION

     vpnd allows external hosts to tunnel via L2TP over IPSec or via PPTP from an insecure external network (such as the Internet) into a "secure"
     internal network, such as a corporate network.  All traffic through the tunnel is encrypted to provide secure communications, with L2TP/IPSec
     providing a higher level of security than PPTP.

     vpnd listens for incoming connections, pairs each one with an available internal IP address, and passes the connection to pppd(8) with appro-
     priate parameters.  Parameters for vpnd are specified in a system configuration (plist) file in XML format.  This file contains a dictionary
     of configurations each identified by a key referred to as a server_id.  Parameters include the tunneling protocol, IP addresses to be
     assigned to clients, PPP parameters etc.

     vpnd is launched for a particular configuration by using the -i option which takes the server_id to be run as an argument.  vpnd can also be
     run without the -i option.  In this case it will check the configuration file for a special array which contains a list of configurations to
     be run and will fork and exec a copy of vpnd for each server_id to be run.  Running multiple vpnd processes simultaneously for a particular
     protocol is not allowed.

     vpnd will be launched during the boot process by a startup item if the field VPNSERVER is defined in /etc/hostconfig with the value -YES-.
     Typically, in this case it will be launched without the -i option and will check the configuration file to determine which configuration(s)
     are to be run.

     vpnd logs items of interest to the system log.  A different log path can be specified in the configuration file.

OPTIONS

     The following options are available:

     -d    Do not move to background and print log strings to the terminal.

     -h    Print usage summary and exit.

     -i    Server_id in the plist file that defines the configuration to be run.

     -n    Do not move to background, print log information to the terminal, and quit after validating the argument list.

     -x    Do not move to background.

EXAMPLES

     The default invocation,

	   vpnd

     will read the list of configurations to run from the configuration file and launch them.  This default configuration may be enabled at
     startup by defining VPNSERVER to -YES-.

     To specify a particular configuration to run use

	   vpnd -i server_id

FILES &; FOLDERS
     /usr/sbin/vpnd
     /etc/hostconfig
     /System/Library/StartupItems/NetworkExtensions
     /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.RemoteAccessServers.plist

SEE ALSO

     pppd(8) vpnd(5)

Mac OS X							  21 August 2003							  Mac OS X