This manual page documents briefly the
racoon-tool
command.
racoon-tool(8)
is a perl script that can be used to control the
racoon(8)
IKE daemon and the SPD database within the kernel via the
setkey(8)
command. Various operations that it can do
are described below.
You can also optionally choose not to use it via reconfiguring the
racoon
package using
dpkg-reconfigure(8).
OPTIONS
A summary of options are included below.
-h
Show summary of options.
COMMANDS
start
Start
racoon(8),
loading any needed modules, configuring the SPD, and generating
a configuration from
/etc/racoon/racoon-tool.conf.
stop
Stop
racoon(8)
unloading any crypto/IPSEC modules, flushing the SAD and SPD.
reload
Regenerate configuration from
/etc/racoon/racoon.conf, HUPracoon(8)
and reinitialise the SPD and SAD.
Dump the SAD to screen via
setkey(8),
paginating via your pager.
spddump
Dump the SPD to screen via
setkey(8),
paginating via your pager.
vpnup|vup connection-name|all
Bring up the VPN connection(s).
vpndown|vdown connection-name|all
Take down the VPN connection(s).
vpnreload|vreload connection-name|all
Reload the VPN connection(s).
vpnlist|vlist [connection-name|all]
List the known VPN connections in
/etc/racoon/racoon-tool.conf.
Can be used by a script or administrator to see
if a VPN connection exists.
vpnmenu|vmenu [connection-name-regexp]
Start the VPN menu management mode. This displays the SPD,
and you can shutdown VPNs from here. Latter on support will
be added for checking status and reloading the chosen connection.