IPSEC_PF_KEY(1)

NAME
pf_key - shows pfkey messages emitted by the kernel

SYNOPSIS
pf_key --ah --esp --ipip --ipcomp hmac-md5-96|hmac-sha1-96

DESCRIPTION
pf_key is a program to open a PF_KEY socket and print all messages that are received from it. With no options, it will register itself to receive key requests for AH, ESP, IPIP and IPCOMP security associations. If given more specific options, then it will listen only to those protocols which are listed.

If the messages are recognized, the messages will be decoded.

EXAMPLES

FILES
/proc/net/pf_key

SEE ALSO
pf_key(5), ipsec(8), ipsec_manual(8), ipsec_eroute(5), ipsec_spi(5), ipsec_spigrp(5), ipsec_klipsdebug(5), ipsec_tncfg(8), ipsec_version(5)

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