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RACOON(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		     RACOON(8)

NAME
     racoon — IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon

SYNOPSIS
     racoon [-46BdFLv] [-f configfile] [-l logfile]

DESCRIPTION
     racoon is used to setup and maintain an IPSec tunnel or transport chan‐
     nel, between two devices, over which network traffic is conveyed
     securely.	This security is made possible by cryptographic keys and oper‐
     ations on both devices.  racoon relies on a standardized network protocol
     (IKE) to automatically negotiate and manage the cryptographic keys (e.g.
     security associations) that are necessary for the IPSec tunnel or trans‐
     port channel to function.	racoon speaks the IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key man‐
     agement protocol, to establish security associations with other hosts.
     The SPD (Security Policy Database) in the kernel usually triggers racoon.
     racoon usually sends all informational messages, warnings and error mes‐
     sages to syslogd(8) with the facility LOG_DAEMON and the priority
     LOG_INFO.	Debugging messages are sent with the priority LOG_DEBUG.  You
     should configure syslog.conf(5) appropriately to see these messages.

     -4

     -6	     Specify the default address family for the sockets.

     -B	     Install SA(s) from the file which is specified in racoon.conf(5).

     -d	     Increase the debug level.	Multiple -d arguments will increase
	     the debug level even more.

     -F	     Run racoon in the foreground.

     -f configfile
	     Use configfile as the configuration file instead of the default.

     -L	     Include file_name:line_number:function_name in all messages.

     -l logfile
	     Use logfile as the logging file instead of syslogd(8).

     -v	     This flag causes the packet dump be more verbose, with higher
	     debugging level.

     racoon assumes the presence of the kernel random number device rnd(4) at
     /dev/urandom.

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

FILES
     /private/etc/racoon/racoon.conf	   default configuration file.
     /private/etc/racoon/psk.txt	   default pre-shared key file.

SEE ALSO
     ipsec(4), racoon.conf(5), syslog.conf(5), setkey(8), syslogd(8)

HISTORY
     The racoon command first appeared in the “YIPS” Yokogawa IPsec implemen‐
     tation.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
     The use of IKE phase 1 aggressive mode is not recommended, as described
     in http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886601.

BSD			       November 20, 2000			   BSD

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