use of the right=%<fqdn> wildcard

2007-06-26 10:46:30 +00:00
parent 4cb9d7a758
commit 361712fe37
4 changed files with 8 additions and 12 deletions
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 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=&lt;hostname&gt;</b>.
+so that the remote end is defined symbolically by <b>right=%&lt;hostname&gt;</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 option <b>rightallowany=yes</b> will allow an IKE
+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
 main mode 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.
@@ -10,6 +11,5 @@ by an IPsec connection to the new origin.
 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 <b>rightallowany=yes</b> flag <b>moon</b> will accept the IKE negotiations
-from the actual IP addresses.
+the '%' prefix <b>moon</b> will accept the IKE negotiations from the actual IP addresses.

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ conn moon
 	leftcert=carolCert.pem
 	[email protected]
 	leftfirewall=yes
-	right=moon.strongswan.org
-	rightallowany=yes
+	right=%moon.strongswan.org
 	rightsubnet=10.1.0.0/16
 	[email protected]
 	auto=add
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ conn moon
 	leftcert=daveCert.pem
 	[email protected]
 	leftfirewall=yes
-	right=moon.strongswan.org
-	rightallowany=yes
+	right=%moon.strongswan.org
 	rightsubnet=10.1.0.0/16
 	[email protected]
 	auto=add
@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ conn %default
 	leftfirewall=yes

 conn carol
-	right=carol.strongswan.org
-	rightallowany=yes
+	right=%carol.strongswan.org
 	[email protected]
 	rightsubnet=PH_IP_CAROL1/32
 	auto=add

 conn dave
-	right=dave.strongswan.org
-	rightallowany=yes
+	right=%dave.strongswan.org
 	[email protected]
 	rightsubnet=PH_IP_DAVE1/32
 	auto=add