STARTKEY(1)

NAME
startkey - start keying with photurisd

SYNOPSIS
startkey [-d directory] options ...

DESCRIPTION
The startkey utility attemps to contact the photurisd(1) daemon and initalize a key exchange. The flags are:

-d  The -d option specifies the directory in which photurisd looks for its startup files. The default is /etc/photuris/.

The options dst, port, options, tsrc, tdsr, exchange_lifetime, spi_lifetime and user are understood by the daemon. The meanings are as follows:

dst The destination IP address with which the exchange is to be established.

port
    The port number of the destination photuris daemon.

options
    The options to be used in the exchange. Possible values are enc and auth.

tsrc
    The source address with netmask from which packets are accepted for the tunnel to be created.

tdst
    The destination address with netmask for which packets are accepted for the tunnel being created.

exchange_lifetime
    Determines the lifetime of the exchange. After an exchange expires no new SPIs are created.

spi_lifetime
    Determines the lifetime of each created SPI in the exchange.

user
    The user name for whom the keying shall be done. Preconfigured secrets are taken from the users secret file.

EXAMPLE
startkey dst=169.200.12.23 options=auth

FILES
/etc/photuris/photuris.pipe
    The FIFO in which keying requests are written.

SEE ALSO
photurisd(1).