IPSEC.CONF(5) File Formats Manual IPSEC.CONF(5)

ipsec.conf —
static IPsec configuration read at system startup

The ipsec.conf file is read at system startup time if ipsec is set to “yes” in rc.conf(5). setkey(8) is run with the -f option to load in IPsec manual keys and policies from /etc/ipsec.conf at boot time, before any interfaces are configured.

Please see the setkey(8) manpage for all the commands available.

/etc/ipsec.conf
The file ipsec.conf resides in /etc.

ipsec(4), setkey(8)

The ipsec.conf file appeared in NetBSD 1.5.
February 19, 2001 NetBSD 9.5