Information about the package, ipsec-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ipsec-tools package is designed for, Tools for configuring and using IPSEC.
Package Name:
ipsec-tools
Summary:
Tools for configuring and using IPSEC
Description:
This package contains tools necessary for establishing keys for IPSEC connections including the rekeying during the connection lifetime. The main tools of this package are: - setkey, a program to directly manipulate policies and SAs in the kernel - racoon, an IKEv1 keying daemon
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8.2
Release:
2.el6
Size:
397 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the ipsec-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ipsec-tools
This command will install ipsec-tools on the server.
yum remove ipsec-tools
This command will un-install ipsec-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipsec-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ipsec-tools
This command will un-install ipsec-tools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipsec-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update ipsec-tools
This command will update ipsec-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipsec-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ipsec-tools
This command will update ipsec-tools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipsec-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info ipsec-tools
This command will show you core information about the ipsec-tools package.
yum deplist ipsec-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for ipsec-tools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ipsec-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ipsec-tools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.