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NAME
ipsec spi - manage IPSEC Security Associations
SYNOPSIS
Note: In the following,
<SA> means: --af (inet | inet6) --edst daddr --spi spi --proto proto OR
--said said,
<life> means: --life (soft | hard)-(allocations | bytes | addtime |
usetime | packets)=value[,...]
ipsec spi
ipsec spi <SA> --src src --ah hmac-md5-96|hmac-sha1-96 [ --replay_win
dow replayw ] [ <life> ] --authkey akey
ipsec spi <SA> --src src --esp 3des [ --replay_window replayw ] [
<life> ] --enckey ekey
ipsec spi <SA> --src src --esp 3des-md5-96|3des-sha1-96 [ --replay_win
dow replayw ] [ <life> ] --enckey ekey --authkey akey
ipsec spi <SA> --src src --comp deflate
ipsec spi <SA> --ip4 --src encap-src --dst encap-dst
ipsec spi <SA> --ip6 --src encap-src --dst encap-dst
ipsec spi <SA> --del
ipsec spi --help
ipsec spi --version
ipsec spi --clear
DESCRIPTION
Spi creates and deletes IPSEC Security Associations. A Security Asso‐
ciation (SA) is a transform through which packet contents are to be
processed before being forwarded. A transform can be an IPv4-in-IPv4
or an IPv6-in-IPv6 encapsulation, an IPSEC Authentication Header
(authentication with no encryption), or an IPSEC Encapsulation Security
Payload (encryption, possibly including authentication).
When a packet is passed from a higher networking layer through an IPSEC
virtual interface, a search in the extended routing table (see
ipsec_eroute(8)) yields an effective destination address, a Security
Parameters Index (SPI) and a IP protocol number. When an IPSEC packet
arrives from the network, its ostensible destination, an SPI and an IP
protocol specified by its outermost IPSEC header are used. The desti‐
nation/SPI/protocol combination is used to select a relevant SA. (See
ipsec_spigrp(8) for discussion of how multiple transforms are com‐
bined.)
The af, daddr, spi and proto arguments specify the SA to be created or
deleted. af is the address family (inet for IPv4, inet6 for IPv6).
Daddr is a destination address in dotted-decimal notation for IPv4 or
in a coloned hex notation for IPv6. Spi is a number, preceded by ’0x’
for hexadecimal, between 0x100 and 0xffffffff; values from 0x0 to 0xff
are reserved. Proto is an ASCII string, "ah", "esp", "comp" or "tun",
specifying the IP protocol. The protocol must agree with the algorithm
selected.
Alternatively, the said argument can also specify an SA to be created
or deleted. Said combines the three parameters above, such as:
"tun.101@1.2.3.4" or "tun:101@1:2::3:4", where the address family is
specified by "." for IPv4 and ":" for IPv6. The address family indica‐
tors substitute the "0x" for hexadecimal.
The source address, src, must also be provided for the inbound policy
check to function. The source address does not need to be included if
inbound policy checking has been disabled.
Keys vectors must be entered as hexadecimal or base64 numbers. They
should be cryptographically strong random numbers.
All hexadecimal numbers are entered as strings of hexadecimal digits
(0-9 and a-f), without spaces, preceded by ’0x’, where each hexadecimal
digit represents 4 bits. All base64 numbers are entered as strings of
base64 digits
(0-9, A-Z, a-z, ’+’ and ’/’), without spaces, preceded by ’0s’, where
each hexadecimal digit represents 6 bits and ’=’ is used for padding.
The deletion of an SA which has been grouped will result in the entire
chain being deleted.
The form with no additional arguments lists the contents of
/proc/net/ipsec_spi. The format of /proc/net/ipsec_spi is discussed in
ipsec_spi(5).
The lifetime severity of soft sets a limit when the key management dae‐
mons are asked to rekey the SA. The lifetime severity of hard sets a
limit when the SA must expire. The lifetime type allocations tells the
system when to expire the SA because it is being shared by too many
eroutes (not currently used). The lifetime type of bytes tells the
system to expire the SA after a certain number of bytes have been pro‐
cessed with that SA. The lifetime type of addtime tells the system to
expire the SA a certain number of seconds after the SA was installed.
The lifetime type of usetime tells the system to expire the SA a cer‐
tain number of seconds after that SA has processed its first packet.
The lifetime type of packets tells the system to expire the SA after a
certain number of packets have been processed with that SA.
OPTIONS
--af specifies the address family (inet for IPv4, inet6 for IPv6)
--edst specifies the effective destination daddr of the Security
Association
--spi specifies the Security Parameters Index spi of the Security
Association
--proto specifies the IP protocol proto of the Security Association
--said specifies the Security Association in monolithic format
--ah add an SA for an IPSEC Authentication Header, specified by
the following transform identifier (hmac-md5-96 or hmac-
sha1-96) (RFC2402, obsoletes RFC1826)
hmac-md5-96
transform following the HMAC and MD5 standards, using a
128-bit key to produce a 96-bit authenticator (RFC2403)
hmac-sha1-96
transform following the HMAC and SHA1 standards, using a
160-bit key to produce a 96-bit authenticator (RFC2404)
--esp add an SA for an IPSEC Encapsulation Security Payload, speci‐
fied by the following transform identifier (3des, or 3des-
md5-96) (RFC2406, obsoletes RFC1827)
3des encryption transform following the Triple-DES standard in
Cipher-Block-Chaining mode using a 64-bit iv (internally gen‐
erated) and a 192-bit 3DES ekey (RFC2451)
3des-md5-96
encryption transform following the Triple-DES standard in
Cipher-Block-Chaining mode with authentication provided by
HMAC and MD5 (96-bit authenticator), using a 64-bit iv
(internally generated), a 192-bit 3DES ekey and a 128-bit
HMAC-MD5 akey (RFC2451, RFC2403)
3des-sha1-96
encryption transform following the Triple-DES standard in
Cipher-Block-Chaining mode with authentication provided by
HMAC and SHA1 (96-bit authenticator), using a 64-bit iv
(internally generated), a 192-bit 3DES ekey and a 160-bit
HMAC-SHA1 akey (RFC2451, RFC2404)
--replay_window replayw
sets the replay window size; valid values are decimal, 1 to
64
--life life_param[,life_param]
sets the lifetime expiry; the format of life_param consists
of a comma-separated list of lifetime specifications without
spaces; a lifetime specification is comprised of a severity
of soft or hard followed by a ’-’, followed by a lifetime
type of allocations, bytes, addtime, usetime or packets fol‐
lowed by an ’=’ and finally by a value
--comp add an SA for IPSEC IP Compression, specified by the follow‐
ing transform identifier (deflate) (RFC2393)
deflate compression transform following the patent-free Deflate com‐
pression algorithm (RFC2394)
--ip4 add an SA for an IPv4-in-IPv4 tunnel from encap-src to encap-
dst
--ip6 add an SA for an IPv6-in-IPv6 tunnel from encap-src to encap-
dst
--src specify the source end of an IP-in-IP tunnel from encap-src
to encap-dst and also specifies the source address of the
Security Association to be used in inbound policy checking
and must be the same address family as af and edst
--dst specify the destination end of an IP-in-IP tunnel from encap-
src to encap-dst
--del delete the specified SA
--clear clears the table of SAs
--help display synopsis
--version display version information
EXAMPLES
To keep line lengths down and reduce clutter, some of the long keys in
these examples have been abbreviated by replacing part of their text
with ‘‘...’’. Keys used when the programs are actually run must, of
course, be the full length required for the particular algorithm.
ipsec spi --af inet --edst gw2 --spi 0x125 --proto esp \
--src gw1 \
--esp 3des-md5-96 \
--enckey 0x6630...97ce \
--authkey 0x9941...71df
sets up an SA from gw1 to gw2 with an SPI of 0x125 and protocol ESP
(50) using 3DES encryption with integral MD5-96 authentication trans‐
form, using an encryption key of 0x6630...97ce and an authentication
key of 0x9941...71df (see note above about abbreviated keys).
ipsec spi --af inet6 --edst 3049:9::9000:3100 --spi 0x150 --proto ah \
--src 3049:9::9000:3101 \
--ah hmac-md5-96 \
--authkey 0x1234...2eda \
sets up an SA from 3049:9::9000:3101 to 3049:9::9000:3100 with an SPI
of 0x150 and protocol AH (50) using MD5-96 authentication transform,
using an authentication key of 0x1234...2eda (see note above about
abbreviated keys).
ipsec spi --said tun.987@192.168.100.100 --del
deletes an SA to 192.168.100.100 with an SPI of 0x987 and protocol
IPv4-in-IPv4 (4).
ipsec spi --said tun:500@3049:9::1000:1 --del
deletes an SA to 3049:9::1000:1 with an SPI of 0x500 and protocol
IPv6-in-IPv6 (4).
FILES
/proc/net/ipsec_spi, /usr/bin/ipsec
ipsec(8), ipsec_manual(8), ipsec_tncfg(8), ipsec_eroute(8), ipsec_spi‐
grp(8), ipsec_klipsdebug(8), ipsec_spi(5)
HISTORY
Written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project <http://www.freeswan.org/> by
Richard Guy Briggs.
BUGS
The syntax is messy and the transform naming needs work.
23 Oct 2001 IPSEC_SPI(8)