ipsec_manual(8) - Linux man page
Name
ipsec_manual - take manually-keyed IPsec connections up and down
Synopsis
ipsec manual [--show] [--showonly] [--other] [--iam address@interface] [--config configfile] operation
- ipsec manual [options] --union operation_part...
Description
This command was obsoleted around the same time that Al Gore invented the internet.
During the jurassic period it was used to manipulates manually-keyed Openswan IPsec connections, setting them up and shutting them down, based on the information in the IPsec configuration file. Normally, manually keyed connections should not be used - automatic keying connections
There are no rational reasons to use this, and it is not supported anymore.