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 9.4