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26 .so ../common/defs.man \"@@@PRE@@@
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29 .TH peers.in 5tripe "27 March 2008" "Straylight/Edgeware" "TrIPE: Trivial IP Encryption"
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34 peers.in \- source form for TrIPE peer database
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41 file is a plain text configuration file. It is read by
42 .BR tripe-newpeers (8)
43 in order to produce the
45 database used by services and other tools.
47 .SS "General structure"
48 The configuration file is line-oriented. Blank lines are ignored; lines
53 are ignored. The file is divided into sections by section headers,
54 which are lines of the form
58 Within each section are a number of assignments, of the form
62 or (entirely equivalent)
68 must start in the left hand column. The
70 may span multiple lines if subsequent lines begin with whitespace, in
71 the manner of RFC822 headers.
73 There is a special case to be aware of: if a section doesn't specify a
76 then the section's own name is used as a default.
78 The following substitutions are made in the body of a value.
82 is replaced by the value assigned to the given
87 is replaced by the IP address of the named
95 There is a simple concept of
97 for sections. If a section contains an assignment
99 .BI "@inherit = " parent
104 then any lookups which can't be satisfied in that section will be
105 satisfied instead from its
107 sections (and, if necessary, their parents in turn, and so on).
110 If a value can be found for a key via multiple parents then all of them
113 value. This restriction may be relaxed somewhat, if it turns out that a
114 more flexible notion of multiple inheritance is useful.
116 It's not allowed for a section to inherit, possibly indirectly, from
117 itself. Currently errors of this kind are only diagnosed when a cycle
118 is encountered while looking up a key and none of the sections on the
119 path from the original section up to and round the cycle define a value
120 for it. Future versions of this program might be more picky.
124 substitutions in the resulting value will be satisfied from the original
125 section (though falling back to scanning parent sections). For
126 example, given the sections
130 blurb = expand $(detail)
138 .RB ` "expand in parent" '
142 .RB ` "expand in child" '
146 Apart from its effect on lookups, as just described, the
148 key is entirely ignored. In particular, it is never written to the
151 .SS "Standard keys and their meanings"
152 The following keys have meanings to programs in the TrIPE suite. Other
153 keys may be used by separately distributed extensions or for local use.
154 The descriptions given are summaries only; see the references for
158 If true, include the peer in the
163 .BR tripe-newpeers (8);
167 Shell command for initiating connection to this peer. Used by
171 Don't initiate immediate key exchange. Used by
175 Shell command for closing down connection to this peer. Used by
179 Interval for checking that the peer is still alive and well. Used by
183 Script to bring down tunnel interface connected to the peer. Used by
187 Interface name to set for the tunnel interface to the peer. Used by
191 Script to bring up tunnel interface connected to the peer. Used by
195 Script containing additional interface setup. Used by
199 Local address for the tunnel interface to the peer. Used by
203 Interval for sending keepalive pings. Used by
207 Key tag to use to authenticate the peer. Used by
211 Peer's IP address is highly volatile. Used by
215 Maximum transmission unit for the tunnel interface. Used by
219 Networks to be routed over the tunnel interface. Used by
223 Network address for this peer, or
229 Tag of the private key to use when communicating with the peer.
234 Remote address for the tunnel interface to the peer. Used by
238 Number of failed ping attempts before attempting reconnection. Used by
242 Timeout for ping probes. Used by
246 Tunnel driver to use when adding the peer. Used by
250 Peer will make active connection as
255 .BR tripe-newpeers (8);
259 This section describes how the textual
261 file is converted into the
265 The handling of each section depends on its name.
267 Sections whose names have the form
269 are ignored (though their contents may be relevant if the section is
270 named in another section's
274 Sections whose names have the form
276 are written to local-type database records with the same name. The keys
277 and values defined in the section (and its parent section, if it
280 key) are stored in the record using
282 as defined in RFC1822, except that the key-value pairs are separated by
285 rather than ampersands
287 Keys whose names begin with
289 are not written to the database.
291 Other sections are written to peer-type database records, named
293 in exactly the same way as for local-type records. However, two special
294 actions are also taken.
296 Firstly, if there is a key
298 in the section (or in its parent, etc.), and the value is
306 then the section's name is added in the special
310 Secondly, if there is a key
312 in the section (or in its parent, etc.), then a user record
314 is created whose contents is the section name.
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322 .BR tripe-newpeers (8),
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330 Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
332 .\"----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------