<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><b style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127); ">Rescued from the spam bucket. Please remember to subscribe to the mailing list before posting to it.</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b><br></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Elison Niven <<a href="mailto:elison.niven@cyberoam.com">elison.niven@cyberoam.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Re: [Openswan Users] Clarification on dpdaction=clear</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">11 September, 2013 7:49:51 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">divya mohan <<a href="mailto:m.divya.mohan@zoho.com">m.divya.mohan@zoho.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:users@lists.openswan.org">users@lists.openswan.org</a><br></span></div><br><br>dpdaction=clear means that IPSec connection will not be reestablished.<br>Please read the man page for more details. The openswan book (although quite old) will also help you.<br><br>On Wednesday 11 September 2013 03:47:57 PM IST, divya mohan wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">There is an IPSec connection like : Host A [initiator]--- Host B [responder].<br><br>dpdaction=clear is configured on Host A.<br><br>The connection between two hosts got broken (assume Host B was shutdown).<br><br>Does the 'clear' means clearing IPSec security association, so that<br>later if Host B comes up, IPSec tunnel will be re-established?<br>Or does 'clear' means that the security policies will be cleared, so<br>that later of Host B comes up, plain (un-encrypted) traffic will be<br>sent?<br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:Users@lists.openswan.org">Users@lists.openswan.org</a><br>https://lists.openswan.org/mailman/listinfo/users<br>Micropayments: https://flattr.com/thing/38387/IPsec-for-Linux-made-easy<br>Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks with Openswan:<br>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1904811256/104-3099591-2946327?n=283155<br><br><br></blockquote><br>--<br>Best Regards,<br>Elison Niven<br><br><br><br></body></html>