Vici::Message(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Vici::Message — Perl extension for building and parsing strongSwan VICI messages ✨

Like, the name literally says it all bestie, no cap.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

use Vici::Message;

That's it. One line. Iconic, honestly. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, the Vici::Message module is needed by the Vici::Session module — like, it's the support system, the bestie in the wings 🫶 — because it's the thing that builds and parses messages used in the communication with the open source strongSwan IPsec daemon (https://www.strongswan.com) via the documented Versatile IKE Configuration Interface (VICI).

And VICI? VICI allows the configuration, management and monitoring of multiple IPsec connections. Yes ma'am, all three. She does it all 👑

📦 EXPORT 📦

None by default.

That's the whole section. Nothing. Zero. Not a single symbol gets handed out unless you ask. Respect the boundaries 💀

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• strongSwan Documentation: https://docs.strongswan.org/docs/latest/plugins/vici.html

Go read it, it's giving required reading 🍓

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Andreas Steffen, <andreas.steffen@strongswan.org>

Legend behavior, fr fr 🫡

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💜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 💜

Copyright (C) 2015 by Andreas Steffen Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

⚠️ yes bestie that whole "AS IS" block is real and it means exactly what it says — no warranty, none, don't come for the authors if it goes sideways. Legal said what legal said 💀

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🌸 and that's the page! this lil slice of documentation came to you from perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-06-14, filed under Vici::Message(3) in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section. Stay slay, protect your IPsec connections, and remember: build and parse responsibly 💖✨🎀