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

NAME

     racoon -- IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon

SYNOPSIS

     racoon [-46BdFLv] [-f configfile] [-l logfile]

DESCRIPTION

     racoon is used to setup and maintain an IPSec tunnel or transport channel, between two devices, over which network traffic is conveyed
     securely.	This security is made possible by cryptographic keys and operations on both devices.  racoon relies on a standardized network pro-
     tocol (IKE) to automatically negotiate and manage the cryptographic keys (e.g. security associations) that are necessary for the IPSec tunnel
     or transport channel to function.	racoon speaks the IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management protocol, to establish security associations with
     other hosts.  The SPD (Security Policy Database) in the kernel usually triggers racoon.  racoon usually sends all informational messages,
     warnings and error messages to syslogd(8) with the facility LOG_DAEMON and the priority LOG_INFO.	Debugging messages are sent with the pri-
     ority LOG_DEBUG.  You should configure syslog.conf(5) appropriately to see these messages.

     -4

     -6      Specify the default address family for the sockets.

     -B      Install SA(s) from the file which is specified in racoon.conf(5).

     -d      Increase the debug level.	Multiple -d arguments will increase the debug level even more.

     -F      Run racoon in the foreground.

     -f configfile
	     Use configfile as the configuration file instead of the default.

     -L      Include file_name:line_number:function_name in all messages.

     -l logfile
	     Use logfile as the logging file instead of syslogd(8).

     -v      This flag causes the packet dump be more verbose, with higher debugging level.

     racoon assumes the presence of the kernel random number device rnd(4) at /dev/urandom.

RETURN VALUES

     The command exits with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.

FILES

     /private/etc/racoon/racoon.conf	   default configuration file.
     /private/etc/racoon/psk.txt	   default pre-shared key file.

SEE ALSO

     ipsec(4), racoon.conf(5), syslog.conf(5), setkey(8), syslogd(8)

HISTORY

     The racoon command first appeared in the ``YIPS'' Yokogawa IPsec implementation.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

     The use of IKE phase 1 aggressive mode is not recommended, as described in http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886601.

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								 November 20, 2000							       BSD