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.\" AUTHOR : Matthew Grooms
.\"          mgrooms@shrew.net
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.\"
.Dd Febuary 2, 2007
.Dt IKED 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm iked
.Nd Internet Key Exchange Daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl f Ar cfgfile
.Op Fl l Ar logfile
.Op Fl d Ar level
.Op Fl F
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program communicates using the IKE protocol ( RFC 2409 ) to provide
automatic keying for an IPsec capable host. The daemon communicates with the
host os via PF_KEY ( RFC 2367 ) to obtain the local policy configuration and
to receive key aquisition requests. The daemon is also capable of acting as
a client or client gateway and can create appropriate IPsec policy entries
on bahalf of the host or peer to faclilitate remote access IPsec VPN
connectivity. For more informaiton, please see the
.Xr ikea 1
and
.Xr ikec 1
man pages.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl f Ar cfgfile
Specify an alternate configuration file.
.It Fl l Ar logfile
Specify a log output file.
.It Fl d Ar level
Specify debug output level between 0-6.
.It Fl p Ar pidfile
Spefify a process id file.
.It Fl F
Run the program as a foreground application.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The command exits with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.
.Sh FILES
The default configuration file is
.Pa /etc/iked.conf
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ikea 1 ,
.Xr ikec 1 ,
.Xr ipsec 4 ,
.Xr iked.conf 5 ,
.Xr setkey 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program was written by Matthew Grooms ( mgrooms@shrew.net ) as part
of the Shrew Soft ( http://www.shrew.net ) family of IPsec products.