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NAME

       ipsec - invoke IPsec utilities

SYNOPSIS

       ipsec command [argument...] ipsec --help
	     ipsec --version
	     ipsec --versioncode
	     ipsec --copyright
	     ipsec --directory
	     ipsec --confdir

DESCRIPTION

       Ipsec invokes any of several utilities involved in controlling the IPsec encryption/authentication system, running the specified command
       with the specified arguments as if it had been invoked directly. This largely eliminates possible name collisions with other software, and
       also permits some centralized services.

       ipsec --help lists the available commands. Most have their own manual pages, e.g.  ipsec_auto(8) for auto.

       ipsec --version outputs version information about Linux FreeS/WAN. A version code of the form ``Uxxx/Kyyy'' indicates that the user-level
       utilities are version xxx but the kernel portion appears to be version yyy (this form is used only if the two disagree).

       ipsec --versioncode outputs just the version code, with none of --version's supporting information, for use by scripts.

       ipsec --copyright supplies boring copyright details.

       ipsec --directory reports where ipsec thinks the IPsec utilities are stored.

       ipsec --confdir reports where ipsec thinks the IPsec configuration files are stored.

FILES

       /usr/local/lib/ipsec usual utilities directory

SEE ALSO

       ipsec.conf(5), ipsec.secrets(5), ipsec_auto(8), ipsec_barf(8), ipsec_setup(8), ipsec_showhostkey(8)

       HTML documentation shipped with the release, starting with doc/index.html.  <http://www.freeswan.org/doc.html> may also be of use.

HISTORY

       Written for Linux FreeS/WAN <http://www.freeswan.org> by Henry Spencer.

BUGS

       The provision of centralized services, while convenient, does compromise the original concept of making the utilities invocable directly as
       well as via ipsec.

AUTHOR

       Paul Wouters
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libreswan							    12/29/2012								  IPSEC(8)