IPSEC-LISTEN(8)

💖 IPSEC-LISTEN(8) — the "hey pluto, look alive" page 💖

okay so bestie, you found the manual page for ipsec-listen, which lives in the Executable programs section of the ipsec world. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job and it does it" energy. let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ipsec-listen — Force pluto to re-listen all interfaces

like. that's it. that's the whole gig. 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ipsec listen [--ctlsocket /run/pluto/pluto.ctl]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so ipsec listen walks up to pluto and is like "bestie, please re-listen all the interfaces" 💅 and pluto does exactly that.

once the operation is done, pluto will be able to answer new connection requests again. main character restored, glow up complete. ✨

heads up tho: this is not required on a normal system startup sequence. so if you're just booting up like a normal person, you do not need to run this. it's the "fix my vibe" button, not the "everyday" button. 🫶

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group, fr fr 💜 — ipsec.conf(5), ipsec(8), ipsec-add(8), ipsec-algparse(8), ipsec-briefconnectionstatus(8), ipsec-briefstatus(8), ipsec-certutil(8), ipsec-checkconfig(8), ipsec-checknflog(8), ipsec-checknss(8), ipsec-connectionstatus(8), ipsec-crlutil(8), ipsec-delete(8), ipsec-down(8), ipsec-ecdsasigkey(8), ipsec-fetchcrls(8), ipsec-fipsstatus(8), ipsec-globalstatus(8), ipsec-import(8), ipsec-initnss(8), ipsec-letsencrypt(8), ipsec-listall(8), ipsec-listcacerts(8), ipsec-listcerts(8), ipsec-listcrls(8), ipsec-listpubkeys(8), ipsec-modutil(8), ipsec-newhostkey(8), ipsec-ondemand(8), ipsec-pk12util(8), ipsec-pluto(8), ipsec-purgeocsp(8), ipsec-redirect(8), ipsec-replace(8), ipsec-rereadall(8), ipsec-rereadcerts(8), ipsec-rereadsecrets(8), ipsec-restart(8), ipsec-route(8), ipsec-rsasigkey(8), ipsec-setup(8), ipsec-showhostkey(8), ipsec-showroute(8), ipsec-showstates(8), ipsec-shuntstatus(8), ipsec-start(8), ipsec-status(8), ipsec-stop(8), ipsec-trafficstatus(8), ipsec-unroute(8), ipsec-up(8), ipsec-vfychain(8), ipsec-whack(8).

go read them. or don't. i'm a manual page, not a cop. 🙈

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✨ BUGS ✨

none 💀

like genuinely. none. flawless. no notes. the bugs section is empty and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Andrew Cagney, Tuomo Soini 🌸

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and that's the whole page bestie! this little gem ships with Libreswan 5.4.1, dated 10/23/2026 ✨ stay encrypted, stay hydrated, and remember — if pluto's not listening, just tell it to listen again 💖🦋👑