---
name: "ipsec__confread"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openswan"
version: "1:2.4.12+dfsg-1.3+lenny4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipsec__confread"
---

# ipsec\_\_confread(8)

internal routing to parse config file

## NAME

ipsec \_confread - internal routing to parse config file

## DESCRIPTION

*\_confread* is an internal script used for parsing /etc/ipsec.conf into a canonical format.

## OBSOLETE

*\_confread* is going to be obsoleted in the next major release of Openswan in favour of the *addcon* code. The new code will load all the connections much faster then the current scripts that can takes minutes to load a few hunderd conns, and requires awk and sed commands not always available in their full versions, such as with busybox on embedded platforms. The old alternative to this called *starter* will also be removed as obsolete for the new *addcon* code.

## SEE ALSO

[**ipsec**(8)](/ipsec/8.md), **ipsec\_conf**(8)

## HISTORY

Man page written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project \<http://www.freeswan.org/: *http://www.freeswan.org/*\> by Michael Richardson. Program written by Henry Spencer.