1IPSEC_PF_KEY(1)                                                IPSEC_PF_KEY(1)
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NAME

6       pf_key  -  shows  pfkey  messages  emitted by the kernel when using the
7       KLIPS or MAST stack.
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SYNOPSIS

10       pf_key --ah --esp --ipip --ipcomp --daemon filehmac-md5-96 |
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STACK

15       Note  that pf_key is only supported on the KLIPS and MAST stacks. It is
16       not supported on any other stack.
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DESCRIPTION

20       pf_key is a program to open a PF_KEY socket and print all messages that
21       are  received  from it. With no options, it will register itself to re‐
22       ceive key requests for AH, ESP, IPIP and IPCOMP security  associations.
23       If  given more specific options, then it will listen only to those pro‐
24       tocols which are listed.
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27       If the messages are recognized, the messages will be decoded.
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30       If the option --daemon is provided, then after doing the registrations,
31       the  program  will  fork into the background. The provided file will be
32       opened and the process ID of the background process will be written  to
33       it.  This  option  is  present to present race conditions in regression
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FILES

38       /proc/net/pf_key
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SEE ALSO

42       pf_key(5), ipsec(8),  ipsec_manual(8),  ipsec_eroute(5),  ipsec_spi(5),
43       ipsec_spigrp(5), ipsec_klipsdebug(5), ipsec_tncfg(8), ipsec_version(5)
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HISTORY

47       Written  for  the  Linux  FreeS/WAN  project <http://www.freeswan.org/:
48       http://www.freeswan.org/> by Michael Richardson <mcr@freeswan.org>
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