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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>IPSEC_MANUAL</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class='date'>17 July 2001</refmiscinfo>
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<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>ipsec manual</refname>
<refpurpose>take manually-keyed IPsec connections up and down</refpurpose>
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<cmdsynopsis>
  <command>ipsec</command>    
    <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>manual</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='opt'>--show </arg>
    <arg choice='opt'>--showonly </arg>
    <arg choice='opt'>--other </arg>
    <arg choice='opt'>--iam <replaceable>address@interface</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='opt'>--config <replaceable>configfile</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>operation</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
  <command>ipsec</command>    
    <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>manual</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='opt'><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='plain'>--union </arg>
    <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>operation_part</replaceable></arg>
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<refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
This command was obsoleted around the same time that Al Gore invented the internet.
</para>

<para>
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
</para>

<para>
There are no rational reasons to use this, and it is not supported anymore.
</para>

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