[Openswan Users] What is the difference between STATE_QUICK_I2 and STATE_QUICK_R2

[Mark Himsley]

On 12/08/2011 21:05, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Mark Himsley wrote:
>
>> Reading through log files, my guess is that the difference between
>> STATE_QUICK_I2 and STATE_QUICK_R2 is whether "we" (the Openswan server
>> I'm on) initiated the dialogue or whether we are responding to one.
>
> Yes. These are state machine names. The "I" referers to initiator
> states, and "R"
> means responder states. The number is the packet number sent in the
> exchange.
>
> So STATE_QUICK_I2 is the second patcket on Quick Mode on the Initiator.
> Note
> that a retry/retransmit would also be STATE_QUICK_I2.
>
> When you see something like:
>
> STATE_MAIN_R1: sent MR1, expecting MI2
>
> It means we are now in state MAIN_R1. W sent the Main Mode Response 1
> packet. We
> are expecintg the other end to send the Main mode Initiate second packet.

Thank you both.

-- 
Mark