FreeS/WAN IPSec for Linux, OLS 2000, RGB
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Classical VPN

An example would be:
conn site1-site2
	left=10.22.33.44
	leftnexthop=10.22.33.1
	leftsubnet=172.16.0.0/24
	leftid=@gateway.site1.example.com
	leftrsasigkey=0xfedcba987654321...
	right=10.66.77.88
	rightnexthop=10.66.77.1
	rightsubnet=192.168.0.0/24
	rightid=@gateway.site2.example.com
	rightrsasigkey=0x123456789abcdef...
	auto=start

The network described above looks like this:

         subnet 172.16.0.0/24              =leftsubnet
                |
         interface 172.16.0.something
            left gateway machine
         interface 10.22.33.44                =left
                 |
         interface 10.22.33.1             =leftnexthop
              router
         interface we don't know
                 |
            INTERNET
                 |
         interface we don't know
              router
         interface 10.66.77.1             =rightnexthop
                 |
         interface 10.66.77.88              =right
            right gateway machine
         interface 192.168.0.something
                 |
         subnet 192.168.0.0/24             =rightsubnet
left: The gateway's external interface, the one it uses to talk to the other gateway.

leftnexthop: Where left should send packets whose destination is right, typically the first router in the appropriate direction.

leftsubnet: Addresses for the machines which left is protecting.

auto: If the conn setup section has plutoload=%search, then all connections marked auto=add are loaded when Pluto starts.

If the conn setup section has plutostart=%search, then all connections marked auto=start are started when Pluto starts.

For each left* parameter, there is a corresponding right* parameter.

The connection can be initiated from the command line from either end with
ipsec auto --up site1-site2

Last modified by Richard Guy Briggs , Sat Jul 15 07:42:28 EDT 2000 .