[Openswan Users] /etc/init.d/ipsec status : How to know if tunnels created are bidirectional!

[Paul Wouters]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012, Muenz, Michael wrote:

> Am 31.01.2012 09:27, schrieb satpal parmar:
>> How it help when Ipsec is not yet started in other side of connection.Will 
>> it wait ? I tried this but I am getting same response.
>
> Yes, you can control the behavior with DPD (man ipsec.conf).

Actually, with rekey=yes and auto=start it will always try to reconnect,
using an exponential backup timing. No DPD is needed for that. This is
independant of which stack is used.

Paul