verify.8

ipsec vpn

.TH IPSEC_VERIFY 8 "8 June 2002"
.\" RCSID $Id: verify.8,v 1.5 2003/06/30 06:13:34 sam Exp $
.SH NAME
ipsec verify \- see if FreeSWAN has been installed correctly
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ipsec
.B verify
[
.B \-\-host
\ name\ ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Invoked without argument,
.I verify  
examines the local system for a number of common system faults: 
IPsec not in path, no secrets file generated, 
pluto not running, and IPsec support not present in kernel
(or IPsec module not loaded).
If two or more interfaces are found, it performs checks relevant on an 
IPsec gateway: whether IP forwarding is allowed, and if so, 
whether MASQ or NAT rules are in play.
.PP
In addition, 
.I verify 
performs checks relevant to Opportunistic Encryption. 
It looks in forward DNS for a TXT record for the system's hostname, and
in reverse DNS for a TXT record for the system's IP addresses.
It checks whether the system has a public IP. 
.PP
The
.B \-\-host
option causes
.B verify
to look for a TXT record for 
.I name
in forward and reverse DNS.
.SH FILES
.nf
/proc/net/ipsec_eroute
/etc/ipsec.secrets
.fi
.SH HISTORY
Written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project
<http://www.freeswan.org>
by Michael Richardson.
.SH BUGS
.I Verify 
does not check for 
.B ipchains
masquerading.
.PP
.I Verify
does not look for TXT records for Opportunistic clients behind the system.