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author | Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> | 2013-01-02 14:18:20 +0100 |
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committer | Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> | 2013-01-02 14:18:20 +0100 |
commit | 2ea5b8ab2fa64487af984af2162039596a06015a (patch) | |
tree | 58f9a4372d6007b33b1fca63ab18b53aa34b090d /testing/tests/ikev2/dynamic-two-peers/description.txt | |
parent | 4e331141b8693e5214b82fdd6c3c6f4fa65eafca (diff) | |
parent | c1343b3278cdf99533b7902744d15969f9d6fdc1 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'upstream/5.0.1'
Upstream version 5.0.1
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diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/dynamic-two-peers/description.txt b/testing/tests/ikev2/dynamic-two-peers/description.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a1616011e --- /dev/null +++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/dynamic-two-peers/description.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +The peers <b>carol</b>, <b>dave</b>, and <b>moon</b> all have dynamic IP addresses, +so that the remote end is defined symbolically by <b>right=%<hostname></b>. +The ipsec starter resolves the fully-qualified hostname into the current IP address +via a DNS lookup (simulated by an /etc/hosts entry). Since the peer IP addresses are +expected to change over time, the prefix '%' is used as an implicit alternative to the +explicit <b>rightallowany=yes</b> option which will allow an IKE_SA rekeying to arrive +from an arbitrary IP address under the condition that the peer identity remains unchanged. +When this happens the old tunnel is replaced by an IPsec connection to the new origin. +<p> +In this scenario both <b>carol</b> and <b>dave</b> initiate a tunnel to +<b>moon</b> which has a named connection definition for each peer. Although +the IP addresses of both <b>carol</b> and <b>dave</b> are stale, thanks to +the '%' prefix <b>moon</b> will accept the IKE negotiations from the actual IP addresses. + |