SETKEY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SETKEY(8)
NAME
setkey - manually manipulate the IPsec SA/SP database
SYNOPSIS
setkey [-knrv] file ...
setkey [-knrv] -c
setkey [-krv] -f filename
setkey [-aklPrv] -D
setkey [-Pvp] -F
setkey [-H] -x
setkey [-?V]
DESCRIPTION
setkey adds, updates, dumps, or flushes Security Association Database (SAD) entries
as well as Security Policy Database (SPD) entries in the kernel.
setkey takes a series of operations from standard input (if invoked with -c) or the
file named filename (if invoked with -f filename).
(no flag)
Dump the SAD entries or SPD entries contained in the specified file.
-? Print short help.
-a setkey usually does not display dead SAD entries with -D. If -a is also
specified, the dead SAD entries will be displayed as well. A dead SAD entry
is one that has expired but remains in the system because it is referenced by
some SPD entries.
-D Dump the SAD entries. If -P is also specified, the SPD entries are dumped.
If -p is specified, the ports are displayed.
-F Flush the SAD entries. If -P is also specified, the SPD entries are flushed.
-H Add hexadecimal dump in -x mode.
-h On NetBSD, synonym for -H. On other systems, synonym for -?.
-k Use semantics used in kernel. Available only in Linux. See also -r.
-l Loop forever with short output on -D.
-n No action. The program will check validity of the input, but no changes to
the SPD will be made.
-r Use semantics described in IPsec RFCs. This mode is default. For details
see section RFC vs Linux kernel semantics. Available only in Linux. See
also -k.
-x Loop forever and dump all the messages transmitted to the PF_KEY socket. -xx
prints the unformatted timestamps.
-V Print version string.
-v Be verbose. The program will dump messages exchanged on the PF_KEY socket,
including messages sent from other processes to the kernel.
Configuration syntax
With -c or -f on the command line, setkey accepts the following configuration 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 for 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 label policy ;
Add an SPD entry.
spdadd tagged tag policy ;
Add an SPD entry based on a PF tag. tag must be a string surrounded by dou-
ble quotes.
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 functional-
ity.
spddump ;
Dumps all SPD entries. -DP on the command line achieves the same functional-
ity.
Meta-arguments are as follows:
src
dst Source/destination of the secure communication is specified as an IPv4/v6
address, and an optional port number between square brackets. setkey can
resolve a FQDN into numeric 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 restrict the address reso-
lution of FQDN in certain ways. -4 and -6 restrict results 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 deci-
mal number, or a hexadecimal number with a "0x" prefix. SPI values between 0
and 255 are reserved for future use by IANA and cannot be used. TCP-MD5
associations must use 0x1000 and therefore only have per-host granularity at
this time.
extensions
take some of the following:
-m mode Specify a security protocol mode for use. mode is one of follow-
ing: transport, tunnel, or any. The default value is any.
-r size Specify window size of bytes for replay prevention. size must be
decimal number in 32-bit word. If size is zero or not specified,
replay checks don't take place.
-u id Specify the identifier of the policy entry in the SPD. See
policy.
-f pad_option
defines the content of the ESP padding. pad_option is one of
following:
zero-pad All the paddings are zero.
random-pad A series of randomized values are used.
seq-pad A series of sequential increasing numbers started
from 1 are used.
-f nocyclic-seq
Don't allow cyclic sequence numbers.
-lh time
-ls time Specify hard/soft life time duration of the SA measured in sec-
onds.
-bh bytes
-bs bytes Specify hard/soft life time duration of the SA measured in bytes
transported.
-ctx doi algorithm context-name
Specify an access control label. The access control label is
interpreted by the LSM (e.g., SELinux). Ultimately, it enables
MAC on network communications.
doi The domain of interpretation, which is used by the
IKE daemon to identify the domain in which negotia-
tion takes place.
algorithm Indicates the LSM for which the label is generated
(e.g., SELinux).
context-name
The string representation of the label that is inter-
preted by the LSM.
algorithm
-E ealgo key
Specify an encryption algorithm ealgo for ESP.
-E ealgo key -A aalgo key
Specify an encryption algorithm ealgo, as well as a payload
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 IPComp CPI (compression
parameter index) on wire as-is. If -R is not specified, the ker-
nel will use well-known CPI on wire, and spi field will be used
only as an index for kernel internal usage.
key must be a double-quoted character string, or a series of hexadecimal dig-
its preceded by "0x".
Possible values for ealgo, aalgo, and calgo are specified in the Algorithms
sections.
src_range
dst_range
These select the communications that should be secured by IPsec. They can be
an IPv4/v6 address or an IPv4/v6 address range, and may be accompanied by a
TCP/UDP port specification. This takes the following form:
address
address/prefixlen
address[port]
address/prefixlen[port]
prefixlen and port must be decimal numbers. The square brackets around port
are really necessary, they are not man page meta-characters. For FQDN reso-
lution, the rules applicable to src and dst apply here as well.
upperspec
Upper-layer protocol to be used. You can use one of the words in
/etc/protocols as upperspec, or icmp6, ip4, or any. any stands for "any
protocol". You can also use the protocol number. You can specify a type
and/or a code of ICMPv6 when the upper-layer protocol is ICMPv6. The speci-
fication can be placed after icmp6. A type is separated from a code by sin-
gle comma. A code must always be specified. When a zero is specified, the
kernel deals with it as a wildcard. Note that the kernel can not distinguish
a wildcard from an ICPMv6 type of zero. For example, the following means
that the policy doesn't require IPsec for any inbound Neighbor Solicitation.
spdadd ::/0 ::/0 icmp6 135,0 -P in none;
Note: upperspec does not work against forwarding case at this moment, as it
requires extra reassembly at the forwarding node (not implemented at this
moment). There are many protocols in /etc/protocols, but all protocols
except of TCP, UDP, and ICMP may not be suitable to use with IPsec. You have
to consider carefully what to use.
label label is the access control label for the policy. This label is interpreted
by the LSM (e.g., SELinux). Ultimately, it enables MAC on network communica-
tions. When a policy contains an access control label, SAs negotiated with
this policy will contain the label. It's format:
-ctx doi algorithm context-name
doi The domain of interpretation, which is used by the
IKE daemon to identify the domain in which negotia-
tion takes place.
algorithm Indicates the LSM for which the label is generated
(e.g., SELinux).
context-name
The string representation of the label that is inter-
preted by the LSM.
policy policy is in one of the following three formats:
-P direction [priority specification] discard
-P direction [priority specification] none
-P direction [priority specification] ipsec
protocol/mode/src-dst/level [...]
You must specify the direction of its policy as direction. Either out, in,
or fwd can be used.
priority specification is used to control the placement of the policy within
the SPD. Policy position is determined by a signed integer where higher pri-
orities indicate the policy is placed closer to the beginning of the list and
lower priorities indicate the policy is placed closer to the end of the list.
Policies with equal priorities are added at the end of groups of such poli-
cies.
Priority can only be specified when setkey has been compiled against kernel
headers that support policy priorities (Linux >= 2.6.6). If the kernel does
not support priorities, a warning message will be printed the first time a
priority specification is used. Policy priority takes one of the following
formats:
{priority,prio} offset
offset is an integer in the range from -2147483647 to 214783648.
{priority,prio} base {+,-} offset
base is either low (-1073741824), def (0), or high (1073741824)
offset is an unsigned integer. It can be up to 1073741824 for posi-
tive offsets, and up to 1073741823 for negative offsets.
discard means the packet matching indexes will be discarded. none means that
IPsec operation will not take place onto the packet. ipsec means that IPsec
operation will take place onto the packet.
The protocol/mode/src-dst/level part specifies the rule how to process the
packet. Either ah, esp, or ipcomp must be used as protocol. 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 '-' between these addresses, which is
used to specify the SA to use. If mode is transport, both src and dst can be
omitted. level is to be one of the following: default, use, require, or
unique. If the SA is not available in every level, the kernel will ask the
key exchange daemon to establish a suitable SA. default means the kernel
consults the system wide default for the protocol you specified, e.g. the
esp_trans_deflev sysctl variable, when the kernel processes the packet. use
means that the kernel uses an SA if it's available, otherwise the kernel
keeps normal operation. require means SA is required whenever the kernel
sends a packet matched with the policy. unique is the same as require; in
addition, it allows the policy to match the unique out-bound SA. You just
specify the policy level unique, racoon(8) will configure the SA for the pol-
icy. If you configure the SA by manual keying for that policy, you can put a
decimal number as the policy identifier after unique separated by a colon ':'
like: unique:number in order to bind this policy to the SA. number must be
between 1 and 32767. It corresponds to extensions -u of the manual SA con-
figuration. When you want to use 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.
When NAT-T is enabled in the kernel, policy matching for ESP over UDP packets
may be done on endpoint addresses and port (this depends on the system. Sys-
tem that do not perform the port check cannot support multiple endpoints
behind the same NAT). When using ESP over UDP, you can specify port numbers
in the endpoint addresses to get the correct matching. Here is an example:
spdadd 10.0.11.0/24[any] 10.0.11.33/32[any] any -P out ipsec
esp/tunnel/192.168.0.1[4500]-192.168.1.2[30000]/require ;
These ports must be left unspecified (which defaults to 0) for anything other
than ESP over UDP. They can be displayed in SPD dump using setkey -DPp.
Note that "discard" and "none" are not in the syntax described in
ipsec_set_policy(3). There are a few differences in the syntax. See
ipsec_set_policy(3) for detail.
Algorithms
The following list shows the supported algorithms. protocol and algorithm are almost
orthogonal. These authentication algorithms can be used as aalgo in -A aalgo of the
protocol parameter:
algorithm keylen (bits)
hmac-md5 128 ah: rfc2403
128 ah-old: rfc2085
hmac-sha1 160 ah: rfc2404
160 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
keyed-md5 128 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
128 ah-old: rfc1828
keyed-sha1 160 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
160 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
null 0 to 2048 for debugging
hmac-sha256 256 ah: 96bit ICV
(draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00)
256 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
hmac-sha384 384 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
384 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
hmac-sha512 512 ah: 96bit ICV (no document)
512 ah-old: 128bit ICV (no document)
hmac-ripemd160 160 ah: 96bit ICV (RFC2857)
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
These encryption algorithms can be used as ealgo in -E ealgo of the protocol parame-
ter:
algorithm keylen (bits)
des-cbc 64 esp-old: rfc1829, esp: rfc2405
3des-cbc 192 rfc2451
null 0 to 2048 rfc2410
blowfish-cbc 40 to 448 rfc2451
cast128-cbc 40 to 128 rfc2451
des-deriv 64 ipsec-ciph-des-derived-01
3des-deriv 192 no document
rijndael-cbc 128/192/256 rfc3602
twofish-cbc 0 to 256 draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-aes-cbc-01
aes-ctr 160/224/288 draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-aes-ctr-03
Note that the first 128 bits of a key for aes-ctr will be used as AES key, and the
remaining 32 bits will be used as nonce.
These compression algorithms can be used as calgo in -C calgo of the protocol parame-
ter:
algorithm
deflate rfc2394
RFC vs Linux kernel semantics
The Linux kernel uses the fwd policy instead of the in policy for packets what are
forwarded through that particular box.
In kernel mode, setkey manages and shows policies and SAs exactly as they are stored
in the kernel.
In RFC mode, setkey
creates fwd policies for every in policy inserted
(not implemented yet) filters out all fwd policies
RETURN VALUES
The command exits with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.
EXAMPLES
add 3ffe:501:4819::1 3ffe:501:481d::1 esp 123457
-E des-cbc 0x3ffe05014819ffff ;
add -6 myhost.example.com yourhost.example.com ah 123456
-A hmac-sha1 "AH SA configuration!" ;
add 10.0.11.41 10.0.11.33 esp 0x10001
-E des-cbc 0x3ffe05014819ffff
-A hmac-md5 "authentication!!" ;
get 3ffe:501:4819::1 3ffe:501:481d::1 ah 123456 ;
flush ;
dump esp ;
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 ;
add 10.1.10.34 10.1.10.36 tcp 0x1000 -A tcp-md5 "TCP-MD5 BGP secret" ;
add 10.0.11.41 10.0.11.33 esp 0x10001
-ctx 1 1 "system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh"
-E des-cbc 0x3ffe05014819ffff;
spdadd 10.0.11.41 10.0.11.33 any
-ctx 1 1 "system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh"
-P out ipsec esp/transport//require ;
SEE ALSO
ipsec_set_policy(3), racoon(8), sysctl(8)
Changed manual key configuration for IPsec, October 1999,
http://www.kame.net/newsletter/19991007/.
HISTORY
The setkey command first appeared in the WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit. The
command was completely re-designed in June 1998.
BUGS
setkey should report and handle syntax errors better.
For IPsec gateway configuration, src_range and dst_range with TCP/UDP port numbers
does not work, as the gateway does not reassemble packets (it cannot inspect
upper-layer headers).
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