IPSEC_TRAP_COUNT(5)

📦 version 3.32, in ubuntu jammy

✨ IPSEC_TRAP_COUNT ✨ — the ipsec_trap_count(5) page, bestie edition 💅

okay so like. this is a section 5 manual page, which means it's about files and formats, not commands. and this one is about a little file in /proc that tells you how many times KLIPS tried to yell at userland. sit down, grab a boba, we're doing this 🧋

🌸 NAME 🌸

ipsec_trap_count — the KLIPS statistic on the number of ACQUIREs 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

cat /proc/net/ipsec/stats/trap_count

that's it. that's the whole vibe. just cat it. no cap. 🐱

💀 OBSOLETE 💀

bestie. i need you to hear me on this one. 🚨

trap_count is only supported on the classic KLIPS stack. that's it. nowhere else. not on any other stack, periodt. and it's going to be completely removed in future versions. gone. deleted. no more. 😭

a replacement command still needs to be designed — so like, nobody's built the new thing yet. it's giving "we'll figure it out later" energy fr fr. 🙈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

/proc/net/ipsec/stats/trap_count is a read-only file. you cannot write to it. do not try. it said what it said. 🫶

inside it lives a hexadecimal number ✨ — and that number is the count of attempts to send PF_ACQUIRE messages.

and here's the sneaky little detail that's lowkey important: only the ones successfully passed to userland get counted. so if it flopped on the way over, it doesn't count. nope.

but also?? the userland may still have lost them on its own. so like. this number is doing its best, okay, it's not omniscient. 🥲

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /proc/net/ipsec/stats/trap_count

that's the one. the main character. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, i'm literally begging, they're all connected iykyk 🔥

📜 HISTORY 📜

written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project <https://www.freeswan.org/> by Michael C. Richardson <mcr@freeswan.org> — a real one, an icon, we stan. ⭐

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Paul Wouters

  • placeholder to suppress warning

(yeah that's literally what it says. a placeholder. to suppress a warning. it's giving "i'll write the real thing later" and honestly? relatable. 💜)

okay that's the whole page!! 🎉 this was the ipsec_trap_count(5) page from libreswan, dated 06/21/2021 — thanks for coming to my ted talk, mwah, stay hydrated, and remember: it's read-only, it's hexadecimal, and it's on its way out 💖✨🎀

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