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SETKEY(8)		     System Manager's Manual		       SETKEY(8)

NAME
     setkey -- manually manipulate the IPsec SA/SP database

SYNOPSIS
     setkey [-v] -c
     setkey [-v] -f filename
     setkey [-Pgltv] -D
     setkey [-Pv] -F
     setkey [-h] -x

DESCRIPTION
     The  setkey  utility  adds, updates, dumps, or flushes Security Association
     Database (SAD) entries as well as Security Policy Database (SPD) entries in
     the kernel.

     The setkey utility takes a series of operations from the standard input (if
     invoked with -c) or the file named filename (if invoked with -f filename).

     -D      Dump the SAD entries.  If with -P, the SPD entries are dumped.

     -F      Flush the SAD entries.  If with -P, the SPD entries are flushed.

     -g      Only SPD entries with global scope are dumped with -D and -P flags.

     -t      Only SPD entries with ifnet scope are dumped with -D and -P  flags.
	     Such  SPD	entries are linked to the corresponding if_ipsec(4) vir-
	     tual tunneling interface.

     -h      Add hexadecimal dump on -x mode.

     -l      Loop forever with short output on -D.

     -v      Be verbose.  The program will dump  messages  exchanged  on  PF_KEY
	     socket, including messages sent from other processes to the kernel.

     -x      Loop  forever  and  dump  all  the  messages  transmitted to PF_KEY
	     socket.  -xx makes each timestamp unformatted.

   Configuration syntax
     With -c or -f on the command line, setkey accepts the following  configura-
     tion  syntax.   Lines starting with hash signs (`#') are treated as comment
     lines.

     add [-46n] src dst protocol spi [extensions] algorithm ... ;
	     Add an SAD entry.	add can fail with  multiple  reasons,  including
	     when the key length does not match the specified algorithm.

     get [-46n] src dst protocol spi ;
	     Show an SAD entry.

     delete [-46n] src dst protocol spi ;
	     Remove an SAD entry.

     deleteall [-46n] src dst protocol ;
	     Remove all SAD entries that match the specification.

     flush [protocol] ;
	     Clear  all  SAD  entries matched by the options.  -F on the command
	     line achieves the same functionality.

     dump [protocol] ;
	     Dumps all SAD entries matched by the options.  -D	on  the  command
	     line achieves the same functionality.

     spdadd [-46n] src_range dst_range upperspec policy ;
	     Add an SPD entry.

     spddelete [-46n] src_range dst_range upperspec -P direction ;
	     Delete an SPD entry.

     spdflush ;
	     Clear  all  SPD entries.  -FP on the command line achieves the same
	     functionality.

     spddump ;
	     Dumps all SPD entries.  -DP on the command line achieves  the  same
	     functionality.

     Meta-arguments are as follows:

     src
     dst     Source/destination  of  the  secure  communication  is specified as
	     IPv4/v6 address.  The setkey utility can resolve a  FQDN  into  nu-
	     meric  addresses.	 If  the  FQDN resolves into multiple addresses,
	     setkey will install multiple SAD/SPD entries  into  the  kernel  by
	     trying  all possible combinations.  -4, -6 and -n restricts the ad-
	     dress resolution of FQDN in certain ways.	-4 and -6  restrict  re-
	     sults  into  IPv4/v6  addresses only, respectively.  -n avoids FQDN
	     resolution and requires addresses to be numeric addresses.

     protocol
	     protocol is one of following:
	     esp	 ESP based on rfc2406
	     esp-old	 ESP based on rfc1827
	     ah 	 AH based on rfc2402
	     ah-old	 AH based on rfc1826
	     ipcomp	 IPComp
	     tcp	 TCP-MD5 based on rfc2385

     spi     Security Parameter Index (SPI) for the SAD and the SPD.   spi  must
	     be a decimal number, or a hexadecimal number with `0x' prefix.  SPI
	     values  between  0  and 255 are reserved for future use by IANA and
	     they cannot be used.

     extensions
	     take some of the following:
	     -m mode	 Specify a security protocol mode for use.  mode is  one
			 of  following:  transport,  tunnel or any.  The default
			 value is any.
	     -r size	 Specify the bitmap size in octets  of	the  anti-replay
			 window.   size  is  a	32-bit unsigned integer, and its
			 value is one eighth of the anti-replay window	size  in
			 packets.  If size is zero or not specified, an anti-re-
			 play check does not take place.
	     -u id	 Specify the identifier of the policy entry in SPD.  See
			 policy.
	     -f pad_option
			 defines  the content of the ESP padding.  pad_option is
			 one of following:
			 zero-pad    All of the padding are zero.
			 random-pad  A series of randomized values are set.
			 seq-pad     A series of sequential  increasing  numbers
				     started from 1 are set.
	     -f nocyclic-seq
			 Do not allow cyclic sequence number.
	     -lh time
	     -ls time	 Specify hard/soft life time duration of the SA.

     algorithm
	     -E ealgo key
			 Specify an encryption algorithm ealgo for ESP.
	     -E ealgo key -A aalgo key
			 Specify a encryption algorithm ealgo, as well as a pay-
			 load authentication algorithm aalgo, for ESP.
	     -A aalgo key
			 Specify an authentication algorithm for AH.
	     -C calgo [-R]
			 Specify  a  compression algorithm for IPComp.	If -R is
			 specified, the spi field value will be used as the  IP-
			 Comp  CPI  (compression parameter index) on wire as is.
			 If -R is not specified, the kernel will use  well-known
			 CPI  on wire, and spi field will be used only as an in-
			 dex for kernel internal usage.

	     key must be double-quoted character string, or a series of hexadec-
	     imal digits preceded by `0x'.

	     Possible values for ealgo, aalgo and calgo are specified  in  sepa-
	     rate section.

     src_range
     dst_range
	     These  are  selections  of  the  secure  communication specified as
	     IPv4/v6 address or IPv4/v6 address  range,  and  it  may  accompany
	     TCP/UDP port specification.  This takes the following form:

	     address
	     address/prefixlen
	     address[port]
	     address/prefixlen[port]

	     prefixlen	and  port must be a decimal number.  The square brackets
	     around port are necessary and are not manpage metacharacters.   For
	     FQDN  resolution, the rules applicable to src and dst apply here as
	     well.

     upperspec
	     The upper layer protocol to be used.  You can use one of the  words
	     in /etc/protocols as upperspec, as well as icmp6, ip4, or any.  The
	     word  any	stands for "any protocol".  The protocol number may also
	     be used to specify the upperspec.	 A  type  and  code  related  to
	     ICMPv6  may  also be specified as an upperspec.  The type is speci-
	     fied first, followed by a comma and then the  relevant  code.   The
	     specification  must  be placed after icmp6.  The kernel considers a
	     zero to be a wildcard but cannot distinguish between a wildcard and
	     an ICMPv6 type which is zero.  The following example shows a policy
	     where IPSec is not required for inbound Neighbor Solicitations:

		   spdadd ::/0 ::/0 icmp6 135,0 -P in none;

	     NOTE: upperspec does not work in the forwarding case  at  this  mo-
	     ment,  as it requires extra reassembly at forwarding node, which is
	     not implemented at this moment.  Although there are many  protocols
	     in  /etc/protocols,  protocols other than TCP, UDP and ICMP may not
	     be suitable to use with IPsec.

     policy  policy is expressed in one of the following three formats:

	     -P direction discard
	     -P direction none
	     -P direction ipsec protocol/mode/src-dst/level [...]

	     The direction of a policy must be specified as  one  of:  out,  in,
	     discard,  none, or ipsec.	The discard direction means that packets
	     matching the supplied indices will be discarded  while  none  means
	     that  IPsec  operations will not take place on the packet and ipsec
	     means that IPsec operation will take place onto  the  packet.   The
	     protocol/mode/src-dst/level  statement  gives  the  rule for how to
	     process the packet.  The  protocol  is  specified	as  ah,  esp  or
	     ipcomp.   The  mode  is  either  transport  or  tunnel.  If mode is
	     tunnel, you must specify the end-point addresses of the SA  as  src
	     and  dst  with  a	dash,  `-',  between  the addresses.  If mode is
	     transport, both src and dst can be omitted.  The level  is  one  of
	     the  following:  default, use, require or unique.	If the SA is not
	     available in every level, the kernel will request the SA  from  the
	     key  exchange  daemon.   A value of default tells the kernel to use
	     the  system  wide	default  protocol  e.g.,  the	one   from   the
	     esp_trans_deflev  sysctl  variable,  when	the kernel processes the
	     packet.  A value of use means that the kernel will use an SA if  it
	     is available, otherwise the kernel will pass the packet as it would
	     normally.	A value of require means that an SA is required whenever
	     the  kernel  sends  a  packet matched that matches the policy.  The
	     unique level is the same as require but, in addition, it allows the
	     policy to bind with the unique out-bound SA.  For example,  if  you
	     specify  the  policy  level unique, racoon(8) will configure the SA
	     for the policy.  If you configure the SA by manual keying for  that
	     policy, you can put the decimal number as the policy identifier af-
	     ter  unique  separated  by  colon	`:' as in the following example:
	     unique:number.  In order to bind this policy to the SA, number must
	     be between 1 and 32767, which corresponds to extensions -u of  man-
	     ual SA configuration.

	     When  you	want to use an SA bundle, you can define multiple rules.
	     For example, if an IP header was followed by an AH header	followed
	     by  an  ESP  header followed by an upper layer protocol header, the
	     rule would be:

		   esp/transport//require ah/transport//require;

	     The rule order is very important.

	     Note that "discard" and "none" are not in the syntax  described  in
	     ipsec_set_policy(3).   There  are small, but important, differences
	     in the syntax.  See ipsec_set_policy(3) for details.

ALGORITHMS
     The following list  shows	the  supported	algorithms.   The  protocol  and
     algorithm	are almost completely orthogonal.  The following list of authen-
     tication algorithms can be used as aalgo in the -A aalgo  of  the	protocol
     parameter:

	   algorithm	   keylen (bits)   comment
	   hmac-sha1	   160		   ah: rfc2404
			   160		   ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
	   null 	   0 to 2048	   for debugging
	   hmac-sha2-256   256		   ah: 128bit ICV (RFC4868)
			   256		   ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
	   hmac-sha2-384   384		   ah: 192bit ICV (RFC4868)
			   384		   ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
	   hmac-sha2-512   512		   ah: 256bit ICV (RFC4868)
			   512		   ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
	   aes-xcbc-mac    128		   ah: 96bit ICV (RFC3566)
			   128		   ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
	   tcp-md5	   8 to 640	   tcp: rfc2385

     The  following is the list of encryption algorithms that can be used as the
     ealgo in the -E ealgo of the protocol parameter:

	   algorithm	   keylen (bits)   comment
	   null 	   0 to 2048	   rfc2410
	   aes-cbc	   128/192/256	   rfc3602
	   aes-ctr	   160/224/288	   rfc3686
	   aes-gcm-16	   160/224/288	   rfc4106

     Note that the first 128/192/256 bits of a key  for  aes-ctr  or  aes-gcm-16
     will be used as AES key, and remaining 32 bits will be used as nonce.

     The  following  are  the list of compression algorithms that can be used as
     the calgo in the -C calgo of the protocol parameter:

	   algorithm	   comment
	   deflate	   rfc2394

EXIT STATUS
     The setkey utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
     Add an ESP SA between two IPv6 addresses using the AES-GCM encryption algo-
     rithm.

	   add 3ffe:501:4819::1 3ffe:501:481d::1 esp 123457
		   -E aes-gcm-16 0x3ffe050148193ffe050148193ffe050148193ffe ;

     Add an authentication SA between two FQDN specified hosts:

	   add -6 myhost.example.com yourhost.example.com ah 123456
		   -A hmac-sha2-256 "AH SA configuration!" ;

     Get the SA information associated with first example above:

	   get 3ffe:501:4819::1 3ffe:501:481d::1 ah 123456 ;

     Flush all entries from the database:

	   flush ;

     Dump the ESP entries from the database:

	   dump esp ;

     Add a security policy between two networks that uses ESP in tunnel mode:

	   spdadd 10.0.11.41/32[21] 10.0.11.33/32[any] any
		   -P out ipsec esp/tunnel/192.168.0.1-192.168.1.2/require ;

     Use TCP MD5 between two numerically specified hosts:

	   add 10.1.10.34 10.1.10.36 tcp 0x1000 -A tcp-md5 "TCP-MD5 BGP secret" ;
	   add 10.1.10.36 10.1.10.34 tcp 0x1001 -A tcp-md5 "TCP-MD5 BGP secret" ;

SEE ALSO
     ipsec_set_policy(3), if_ipsec(4), racoon(8), sysctl(8)

     Changed manual key configuration  for  IPsec,  http://www.kame.net/newslet-
     ter/19991007/, October 1999.

HISTORY
     The  setkey  utility  first  appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack
     kit.  The utility was completely re-designed in June 1998.   It  first  ap-
     peared in FreeBSD 4.0.

BUGS
     The setkey utility should report and handle syntax errors better.

     For  IPsec gateway configuration, src_range and dst_range with TCP/UDP port
     number do not work, as the gateway does not reassemble packets (cannot  in-
     spect upper-layer headers).

FreeBSD 13.1			  June 4, 2020			       SETKEY(8)

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