Ubuntu Manpage: xl2tpd.conf - L2TPD configuration file

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NAME

       xl2tpd.conf - L2TPD configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       The xl2tpd.conf file contains configuration information for xl2tpd, the implementation of l2tp protocol.

       The  configuration  file is composed of sections and parameters. Each section has a given name which will
       be used when using the configuration FIFO (normally /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control). See xl2tpd.8  for more
       details.

       The specific given name default will specify parameters applicable for all the following sections.

GLOBAL SECTION

auth file
Specify where to find the authentication file used to authenticate l2tp tunnels. The default is
/etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets.

ipsec saref
Use IPsec Security Association tracking. When this is enabled, packets received by xl2tpd should
have to extra fields (refme and refhim) which allows tracking of multiple clients using the same
internal NATed IP address, and allows tracking of multiple clients behind the same NAT router.
This needs to be supported by the kernel. Currently, this only works with Openswan KLIPS in "mast"
mode. (see http://www.openswan.org/)

Set this to yes and the system will provide proper SAref values in the recvmsg() calls.

Values can be yes or no. The default is no.

saref refinfo
When using IPsec Security Association trackinng, a new setsockopt is used. Since this is not
(yet?) an official Linux kernel option, we got bumped. Openswan upto 2.6.35 for linux kernels up
to 2.6.35 used a saref num of 22. Linux 3.6.36+ uses 22 for IP_NODEFRAG. We moved our
IP_IPSEC_REFINFO to 30. If not set, the default is to use 30. For older SAref patched kernels,
use 22.

listen-addr
The IP address of the interface on which the daemon listens. By default, it listens on INADDR_ANY
(0.0.0.0), meaning it listens on all interfaces.

port Specify which UDP port xl2tpd should use. The default is 1701.

access control
If set to yes, the xl2tpd process will only accept connections from peers addresses specified in
the following sections. The default is no.

debug avp
Set this to yes to enable syslog output of L2TP AVP debugging information.

debug network
Set this to yes to enable syslog output of network debugging information.

debug packet
Set this to yes to enable printing of L2TP packet debugging information. Note: Output goes to
STDOUT, so use this only in conjunction with the -D command line option.

debug state
Set this to yes to enable syslog output of FSM debugging information.

debug tunnel
Set this to yes to enable syslog output of tunnel debugging information.

LNS SECTION

exclusive
If set to yes, only one control tunnel will be allowed to be built between 2 peers. CHECK

(no) ip range
Specify the range of ip addresses the LNS will assign to the connecting LAC PPP tunnels. Multiple
ranges can be defined. Using the 'no' statement disallows the use of that particular range.
Ranges are defined using the format IP - IP (example: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.10). Note that either at
least one ip range option must be given, or you must set assign ip to no.

assign ip
Set this to no if xl2tpd should not assign IP addresses out of the pool defined with the ip range
option. This can be useful if you have some other means to assign IP addresses, e. g. a pppd that
supports RADIUS AAA.

(no) lac
Specify the ip addresses of LAC's which are allowed to connect to xl2tpd acting as a LNS. The
format is the same as the ip range option.

hidden bit
If set to yes, xl2tpd will use the AVP hiding feature of L2TP. To get more information about
hidden AVP's and AVP in general, refer to rfc2661 (add URL?)

local ip
Use the following IP as xl2tpd's own ip address.

local ip range
Specify the range of addresses the LNS will assign as the local address to connecting LAC PPP
tunnels. This option is mutually exclusive with the local ip option and is useful in cases where
it is desirable to have a unique IP address for each tunnel. Specify the range value exactly like
the ip range option. Note that the assign ip option has no effect on this option.

length bit
If set to yes, the length bit present in the l2tp packet payload will be used.

(refuse | require) chap
Will require or refuse the remote peer to get authenticated via CHAP for the ppp authentication.

(refuse | require) pap
Will require or refuse the remote peer to get authenticated via PAP for the ppp authentication.

(refuse | require) authentication
Will require or refuse the remote peer to authenticate itself.

unix authentication
If set to yes, /etc/passwd will be used for remote peer ppp authentication.

hostname
Will report this as the xl2tpd hostname in negotiation.

ppp debug
This will enable the debug for pppd.

pass peer
Pass the peer's IP address to pppd as ipparam. Enabled by default.

pppoptfile
Specify the path for a file which contains pppd configuration parameters to be used.

call rws
This option is deprecated and no longer functions. It used to be used to define the flow control
window size for individual L2TP calls or sessions. The L2TP standard (RFC2661) no longer defines
flow control or window sizes on calls or sessions.

tunnel rws
This defines the window size of the control channel. The window size is defined as the number of
outstanding unacknowledged packets, not as a number of bytes.

flow bits
If set to yes, sequence numbers will be included in the communication. The feature to use
sequence numbers in sessions is currently broken and does not function.

challenge
If set to yes, use challenge authentication to authenticate peer.

rx bps If set, the receive bandwidth maximum will be set to this value

tx bps If set, the transmit bandwidth maximum will be set to this value

LAC SECTION

       The following are LAC specific configuration flags. Most of those described in the  LNS  section  may  be
       used  in  a  LAC  context,  where  it  makes  common  sense  (essentially l2tp protocols tuning flags and
       authentication / ppp related ones).

       lns    Set the dns name or ip address of the LNS to connect to.

       autodial
              If set to yes, xl2tpd will automatically dial the LAC during startup.

       redial If set to yes, xl2tpd will attempt to redial if the call get disconnected.  Note that, if enabled,
              xl2tpd will keep passwords in memory: a potential security risk.

       redial timeout
              Wait X seconds before redial. The redial option must be set to yes to use this  option.   Defaults
              to 30 seconds.

       max redials
              Will give up redial tries after X attempts.

FILES

       /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf /etc/xl2tpd/l2tp-secrets /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control

BUGS

       Please address bugs and comment to xl2tpdv@lists.xelerance.com

AUTHORS

       Forked from xl2tpd by Xelerance (https://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/)

       Michael Richardson <mcr@xelerance.com> Paul Wouters <paul@xelerance.com>

       Many thanks to Jacco de Leeuw <jacco2@dds.nl> for maintaining l2tpd.

       Previous development was hosted at sourceforge (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/l2tpd) by:

       Scott Balmos <sbalmos@iglou.com>
       David Stipp <dstipp@one.net>
       Jeff McAdams <jeffm@iglou.com>

       Based off of l2tpd version 0.60
       Copyright (C)1998 Adtran, Inc.
       Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net>

Jean-Francois Dive                                                                                xl2tpd.conf(5)