SETKEY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SETKEY(8)
NAME
setkey -- manually manipulate the IPsec SA/SP database
SYNOPSIS
setkey [-dv] -c
setkey [-dv] -f filename
setkey [-adPlv] -D
setkey [-dPv] -F
setkey [-h] -x
DESCRIPTION
setkey adds, updates, dumps, or flushes Security Association Database (SAD) entries as well as Security Policy Database (SPD) entries in the
kernel.
setkey takes a series of operations from the standard input (if invoked with -c) or the file named filename (if invoked with -f filename).
-D Dump the SAD entries. If with -P, the SPD entries are dumped.
-F Flush the SAD entries. If with -P, the SPD entries are flushed.
-a setkey usually does not display dead SAD entries with -D. If with -a, the dead SAD entries will be displayed as well. A dead SAD
entry means that it has been expired but remains because it is referenced by SPD entries.
-d Enable to print debugging messages for command parser, without talking to kernel. It is not used usually.
-x Loop forever and dump all the messages transmitted to PF_KEY socket. -xx makes each timestamps unformatted.
-h Add hexadecimal dump on -x mode.
-l Loop forever with short output on -D.
-v Be verbose. The program will dump messages exchanged on PF_KEY socket, including messages sent from other processes to the kernel.
Operations have the following grammar. Note that lines starting with hashmarks ('#') are treated as comment lines.
add src dst protocol spi [extensions] algorithm... ;
Add an SAD entry.
get src dst protocol spi ;
Show an SAD entry.
delete src dst protocol spi ;
Remove an SAD entry.
deleteall src dst protocol ;
Remove all SAD entries that match the specification.
flush [protocol] ;
Clear all SAD entries matched by the options.
dump [protocol] ;
Dumps all SAD entries matched by the options.
spdadd src_range dst_range upperspec policy ;
Add an SPD entry.
spddelete src_range dst_range upperspec -P direction ;
Delete an SPD entry.
spdflush ;
Clear all SPD entries.
spddump ;
Dumps all SPD entries.
Meta-arguments are as follows:
src
dst Source/destination of the secure communication is specified as IPv4/v6 address. setkey does not consult hostname-to-address for
arguments src and dst. They must be in numeric form.
protocol
protocol is one of following:
esp ESP based on rfc2405
esp-old ESP based on rfc1827
ah AH based on rfc2402
ah-old AH based on rfc1826
ipcomp IPCOMP
spi Security Parameter Index (SPI) for the SAD and the SPD. It must be decimal number or hexadecimal number You cannot use the set of
SPI values in the range 0 through 255. (with 0x attached).
extensions
takes some of the following:
-m mode Specify a security protocol mode for use. mode is one of following: transport, tunnel or any. The default value is any.
-r size Specify window size of bytes for replay prevention. size must be decimal number in 32-bit word. If size is zero or not
specified, replay check don't take place.
-u id Specify the identifier of the policy entry in SPD. See policy.
-f pad_option
defines the content of the ESP padding. pad_option is one of following:
zero-pad All of the padding are zero.
random-pad A series of randomized values are set.
seq-pad A series of sequential increasing numbers started from 1 are set.
-f nocyclic-seq
Don't allow cyclic sequence number.
-lh time
-ls time Specify hard/soft life time duration of the SA.
algorithm
-E ealgo key
Specify a encryption algorithm.
-A aalgo key
Specify a authentication algorithm. If -A is used with protocol esp, it will be treated as ESP payload authentication
algorithm.
-C calgo [-R]
Specify compression algorithm. If -R is not specified with ipcomp line, the kernel will use well-known IPComp CPI (com-
pression parameter index) on IPComp CPI field on packets, and spi field will be ignored. spi field is only for kernel
internal use in this case. If -R is used, the value on spi field will appear on IPComp CPI field on outgoing packets.
spi field needs to be smaller than 0x10000 in this case.
protocol esp accepts -E and -A. protocol esp-old accepts -E only. protocol ah and ah-old accept -A only. protocol ipcomp accepts
-C only.
key must be double-quoted character string or series of hexadecimal digits.
Possible values for ealgo, aalgo and calgo are specified in separate section.
src_range
dst_range
These are selections of the secure communication specified as IPv4/v6 address or IPv4/v6 address range, and it may accompany TCP/UDP
port specification. This takes the following form:
address
address/prefixlen
address[port]
address/prefixlen[port]
prefixlen and port must be decimal number. The square bracket around port is really necessary. They are not manpage metacharacters.
setkey does not consult hostname-to-address for arguments src and dst. They must be in numeric form.
upperspec
Upper-layer protocol to be used. You can use one of words in /etc/protocols as upperspec. Or icmp6, ip4, and any can be specified.
any stands for ``any protocol''. Also you can use the protocol number.
NOTE: upperspec does not work against forwarding case at this moment, as it requires extra reassembly at forwarding node (not imple-
mented at this moment). We have many protocols in /etc/protocols, but protocols except of TCP, UDP and ICMP may not be suitable to
use with IPSec. You have to consider and be careful to use them. icmp tcp udp all protocols
policy policy is the one of following:
-P
direction
discard
-P
direction
none
-P
direction
ipsec
protocol/mode/src-dst/level
You must specify the direction of its policy as direction. Either out or in are used. discard means the packet matching indexes
will be discarded. none means that IPsec operation will not take place onto the packet. ipsec means that IPsec operation will take
place onto the packet. Either ah, esp or ipcomp is to be set as protocol. mode is either transport or tunnel. If mode is tunnel,
you must specify the end-points addresses of the SA as src and dst with '-' between these addresses which is used to specify the SA
to use. If mode is transport, both src and dst can be omited. level is to be one of the following: default, use, require or unique.
If the SA is not available in every level, the kernel will request getting SA to the key exchange daemon. default means the kernel
consults to the system wide default against protocol you specified, e.g. esp_trans_deflev sysctl variable, when the kernel processes
the packet. use means that the kernel use a SA if it's available, otherwise the kernel keeps normal operation. require means SA is
required whenever the kernel sends a packet matched with the policy. unique is the same to require. In addition, it allows the pol-
icy to bind with the unique out-bound SA. If you use the SA by manual keying, you can put the decimal number as the policy identi-
fier after unique separated by colon '' like the following; unique:number. number must be between 1 and 32767. It corresponds to
extensions -u.
Note that ``discard'' and ``none'' are not in the syntax described in ipsec_set_policy(3). There are little differences in the syn-
tax. See ipsec_set_policy(3) for detail.
ALGORITHMS
The following list shows the supported algorithms. protocol and algorithm are almost orthogonal. Followings are the list of authentication
algorithms that can be used as aalgo in -A aalgo of protocol parameter:
algorithm keylen (bits) comment
hmac-md5 128 ah: rfc2403
128 ah-old: rfc2085
hmac-sha1 160 ah: rfc2404
160 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
keyed-md5 128 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
128 ah-old: rfc1828
keyed-sha1 160 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
160 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
null 0 to 2048 for debugging
hmac-sha2-256 256 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
256 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
hmac-sha2-384 384 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
384 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
hmac-sha2-512 512 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
512 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
Followings are the list of encryption algorithms that can be used as ealgo in -E ealgo of protocol parameter:
algorithm keylen (bits) comment
des-cbc 64 esp-old: rfc1829, esp: rfc2405
3des-cbc 192 rfc2451
simple 0 to 2048 rfc2410
blowfish-cbc 40 to 448 rfc2451
cast128-cbc 40 to 128 rfc2451
des-deriv 64 ipsec-ciph-des-derived-01 (expired)
3des-deriv 192 no document
rijndael-cbc 128/192/256 draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-aes-cbc-00
Followings are the list of compression algorithms that can be used as calgo in -C calgo of protocol parameter:
algorithm comment
deflate rfc2394
lzs rfc2395
EXAMPLES
add 3ffe:501:4819::1 3ffe:501:481d::1 esp 123457
-E des-cbc "ESP SA!!" ;
add 3ffe:501:4819::1 3ffe:501:481d::1 ah 123456
-A hmac-sha1 "AH SA configuration!" ;
add 10.0.11.41 10.0.11.33 esp 0x10001
-E des-cbc "ESP with"
-A hmac-md5 "authentication!!" ;
get 3ffe:501:4819::1 3ffe:501:481d::1 ah 123456 ;
flush ;
dump esp ;
spdadd 10.0.11.41/32[21] 10.0.11.33/32[any] any
-P out ipsec esp/tunnel/192.168.0.1-192.168.1.2/require ;
RETURN VALUES
The command exits with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.
SEE ALSO
ipsec_set_policy(3), racoon(8), sysctl(8)
HISTORY
The setkey command first appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit. The command was completely re-designed in June 1998.
BSD
November 20, 2000 BSD