IPSEC-SHUNTSTATUS(8)

✨ IPSEC-SHUNTSTATUS ✨

okay bestie, welcome to ipsec-shuntstatus from the Executable programs corner of the man pages, section 8, no cap 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ipsec-shuntstatus — show ya girl the current IPsec negotiation shunts 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically, ipsec shuntstatus lists all the current IPsec negotiation shunts. and what is a shunt, you ask? 🎀

shunts are temporary states, bestie. they exist to prevent packet leak during connection negotiation — like a little bouncer at the door holding your packets back while the negotiation finishes up its whole thing. main character energy fr fr 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, go read these too, they're all iconic 👑

• 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-listen(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-start(8)
• ipsec-status(8)
• ipsec-stop(8)
• ipsec-trafficstatus(8)
• ipsec-unroute(8)
• ipsec-up(8)
• ipsec-vfychain(8)
• ipsec-whack(8)

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💀 BUGS 💀

none 🫶 not a single one, we ate and left no crumbs

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

• Andrew Cagney
• Daniel Kahn Gillmor
• Tuomo Soini

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Libreswan 5.4.1 · 10/23/2026 · coming at ya straight from the Executable programs section, periodt 💖✨ no cap, ty for reading bestie 🦋🌸