NAME

       iked — Internet Key Exchange Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       iked [-f cfgfile] [-l logfile] [-d level] [-F]

DESCRIPTION

       The  iked  program  communicates  using  the IKE protocol ( RFC 2409 ) to provide automatic keying for an
       IPsec capable host. The daemon communicates with the host os via PF_KEY ( RFC 2367 ) to obtain the  local
       policy  configuration  and  to receive key aquisition requests. The daemon is also capable of acting as a
       client or client gateway and can create appropriate IPsec policy entries on bahalf of the host or peer to
       faclilitate remote access IPsec VPN connectivity. For  more  informaiton,  please  see  the  ikea(1)  and
       ikec(1) man pages.

       The options are as follows:

       -f cfgfile  Specify an alternate configuration file.

       -l logfile  Specify a log output file.

       -d level    Specify debug output level between 0-6.

       -p pidfile  Spefify a process id file.

       -F          Run the program as a foreground application.

RETURN VALUES

       The command exits with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.

FILES

       The default configuration file is /etc/iked.conf

SEE ALSO

       ikea(1), ikec(1), ipsec(4), iked.conf(5), setkey(8)

HISTORY

       The  iked  program  was  written  by  Matthew  Grooms  (  mgrooms@shrew.net ) as part of the Shrew Soft (
       http://www.shrew.net ) family of IPsec products.

Debian                                           Febuary 2, 2007                                         IKED(8)