NAME

       L2tpIPsecVpn - L2tp over IPsec VPN Manager applet for the GNOME Desktop

SYNOPSIS

       L2tpIPsecVpn [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  GUI  is  not  a network manager plugin. However, it provides a systray icon in the indicator applet
       from which a non privileged user can establish and bring down L2TP over IPsec VPN connections.

       From there the user can add, remove and edit vpn connections.

       Editing allows configuring various options for IPsec, L2TP and PPP.

       Among others, the user can configure eg. the gateway,  the  use  of  either  PSK  or  a  certificate  for
       authentication,  various  L2TP  options  as  redial- timeout and attempts and of course all important PPP
       options. It also allows you to configure PPP for tunnel splitting because you can add routes as you want.

       When applying your settings, all necessary  configuration  files  are  written  accordingly  (ipsec.conf,
       xl2tp.conf, options.xl2tpd, opensc.conf up and down scripts ...).

       It relies on Openswan and xl2tp packages as the underlying protocol handlers.

       You  can also use certificates on your local machine or, if e.g. OpenSC is installed and configured, even
       on a smart card to handle PPP authentication.

       The GUI automatically detects when network interfaces are going up or down and  can  (if  so  configured)
       automatically establish or close VPN connections.

OPTIONS

       startConnectionEditor
              Starts the connection editor dialog.

       applySettings
              Write  configuration  files  according  to  the  connection  settings,  must  be started with root
              privileges, ie use gksudo as non root user.

       deleteAllConfFiles
              Delete all configuration files, must be started with root privileges, ie use gksudo  as  non  root
              user.

AUTHORS

       Werner Jaeger

version 1.0.9                                      11 Oct 2012                                   L2tpIPsecVpn(1)