NAME

       ipsec_policy - list of existing policy

SYNOPSIS

       ipsec policy

DESCRIPTION

       Note that policy is only supported on the new NAST stack. It is not supported on any other stack. On the
       klips stack, use ipsec eroute, on the netkey stack, use ip xfrm

       lists the IPSEC policy tables (aka eroutes) which control what (if any) processing is applied to
       non-encrypted packets arriving for IPSEC processing and forwarding.

       A table entry consists of:

       +
           packet count,

       +
           source address with mask and source port (0 if all ports or not applicable)

       +
           a ´->´ separator for visual and automated parsing between src and dst

       +
           destination address with mask and destination port (0 if all ports or not applicable)

       +
           a ´=>´ separator for visual and automated parsing between selection criteria and SAID to use

       +
           SAID (Security Association IDentifier), comprised of:

       +
           protocol (proto),

       +
           address family (af), where ´.´ stands for IPv4 and ´:´ for IPv6

       +
           Security Parameters Index (SPI),

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           effective destination (edst), where the packet should be forwarded after processing (normally the
           other security gateway) together indicate which Security Association should be used to process the
           packet,

       +
           a ´:´ separating the SAID from the transport protocol (0 if all protocols)

       +
           source identity text string with no whitespace, in parens,

       +
           destination identity text string with no whitespace, in parens

       Addresses are written as IPv4 dotted quads or IPv6 coloned hex, protocol is one of "ah", "esp", "comp" or
       "tun" and SPIs are prefixed hexadecimal numbers where the prefix ´.´ is for IPv4 and the prefix ´:´ is
       for IPv6

       SAIDs are written as "protoafSPI@edst". There are also 5 "magic" SAIDs which have special meaning:

       +
           %drop means that matches are to be dropped

       +
           %reject means that matches are to be dropped and an ICMP returned, if possible to inform

       +
           %trap means that matches are to trigger an ACQUIRE message to the Key Management daemon(s) and a hold
           policy will be put in place to prevent subsequent packets also triggering ACQUIRE messages.

       +
           %hold means that matches are to stored until the policy is replaced or until that policy gets reaped

       +
           %pass means that matches are to allowed to pass without IPSEC processing

EXAMPLES

       1867 172.31.252.0/24:0 -> 0.0.0.0/0:0 => tun0x130@192.168.43.1:0

        () ()

       means that 1,867 packets have been sent to an policy that has been set up to protect traffic between the
       subnet 172.31.252.0 with a subnet mask of 24 bits and the default address/mask represented by an address
       of 0.0.0.0 with a subnet mask of 0 bits using the local machine as a security gateway on this end of the
       tunnel and the machine 192.168.43.1 on the other end of the tunnel with a Security Association IDentifier
       of tun0x130@192.168.43.1 which means that it is a tunnel mode connection (4, IPPROTO_IPIP) with a
       Security Parameters Index of 130 in hexadecimal with no identies defined for either end.

       746 192.168.2.110/32:0 -> 192.168.2.120/32:25 => esp0x130@192.168.2.120:6

        () ()

       means that 746 packets have been sent to an policy that has been set up to protect traffic sent from any
       port on the host 192.168.2.110 to the SMTP (TCP, port 25) port on the host 192.168.2.120 with a Security
       Association IDentifier of tun0x130@192.168.2.120 which means that it is a transport mode connection with
       a Security Parameters Index of 130 in hexadecimal with no identies defined for either end.

       125 3049:1::/64 -> 0:0/0 => tun:130@3058:4::5 () ()

       means that 125 packets have been sent to an policy that has been set up to protect traffic between the
       subnet 3049:1:: with a subnet mask of 64 bits and the default address/mask represented by an address of
       0:0 with a subnet mask of 0 bits using the local machine as a security gateway on this end of the tunnel
       and the machine 3058:4::5 on the other end of the tunnel with a Security Association IDentifier of
       tun:130@3058:4::5 which means that it is a tunnel mode connection with a Security Parameters Index of 130
       in hexadecimal with no identies defined for either end.

       42 192.168.6.0/24:0 -> 192.168.7.0/24:0 => %passthrough

       means that 42 packets have been sent to an policy that has been set up to pass the traffic from the
       subnet 192.168.6.0 with a subnet mask of 24 bits and to subnet 192.168.7.0 with a subnet mask of 24 bits
       without any IPSEC processing with no identies defined for either end.

       2112 192.168.8.55/32:0 -> 192.168.9.47/24:0 => %hold (east) ()

       means that 2112 packets have been sent to an policy that has been set up to hold the traffic from the
       host 192.168.8.55 and to host 192.168.9.47 until a key exchange from a Key Management daemon succeeds and
       puts in an SA or fails and puts in a pass or drop policy depending on the default configuration with the
       local client defined as "east" and no identy defined for the remote end.

       2001 192.168.2.110/32:0 -> 192.168.2.120/32:0 =>

        esp0xe6de@192.168.2.120:0 () ()

       means that 2001 packets have been sent to an policy that has been set up to protect traffic between the
       host 192.168.2.110 and the host 192.168.2.120 using 192.168.2.110 as a security gateway on this end of
       the connection and the machine 192.168.2.120 on the other end of the connection with a Security
       Association IDentifier of esp0xe6de@192.168.2.120 which means that it is a transport mode connection with
       a Security Parameters Index of e6de in hexadecimal using Encapsuation Security Payload protocol (50,
       IPPROTO_ESP) with no identies defined for either end.

       1984 3049:1::110/128 -> 3049:1::120/128 =>

        ah:f5ed@3049:1::120 () ()

       means that 1984 packets have been sent to an policy that has been set up to authenticate traffic between
       the host 3049:1::110 and the host 3049:1::120 using 3049:1::110 as a security gateway on this end of the
       connection and the machine 3049:1::120 on the other end of the connection with a Security Association
       IDentifier of ah:f5ed@3049:1::120 which means that it is a transport mode connection with a Security
       Parameters Index of f5ed in hexadecimal using Authentication Header protocol (51, IPPROTO_AH) with no
       identies defined for either end.

SEE ALSO

       ipsec(8), ipsec_tncfg(5), ipsec_spi(5), ipsec_spigrp(5), ipsec_klipsdebug(5), ipsec_eroute(8),
       ipsec_version(5), ipsec_pf_key(5), ipsec_eroute(5)

HISTORY

       Written for the Openswan project <http://www.openswan.org/> by Bart Trojanowski.

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