Hi,

no, you won't need starter but probably still the stroke tool to start,
monitor and stop connections.

Regards

Andreas

Xia Weizhong wrote:
> HI Andreas
> 
> Thanks for the explanation. Do you think if I still need "starter" if
> configs are stored in sqlite database?
> 
> thanks, Xia Weizhong
> 
> 2010/1/20 Andreas Steffen <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> 
>     Xia Weizhong wrote:
>     > Hi
>     >
>     > I plan to use strongswan in an Embeded environment. My plan is to
>     use charon
>     > alone with libstrongswan (no starter), and with configs stored in
>     sqlite
>     > database. Is this way possible?
>     >
>     > To store configs in sqlite database, is there any document I could
>     consult?
>     > In the sqlite howto page, I can figure out some of the setting.
>     Yet some I
>     > can not, example:
>     >
>     > *ID_DER_ASN1_DN*: scripts/id2sql "C=CH, O=Linux strongSwan, CN=
>     > moon.strongswan.org <http://moon.strongswan.org>"
>     >
>     > INSERT INTO identities (
>     >   type, data
>     > ) VALUES (
>     >   9,
>     
> X'3046310b300906035504061302434831193017060355040a13104c696e7578207374726f6e675377616e311c301a060355040313136d6f6f6e2e7374726f6e677377616e2e6f7267'
>     > );
>     > How do the string in quotations get into the magic 3046....?
>     >
>     As described in the SQLite howto, the auxiliary program id2sql
>     translates the LDAP-style representation of the
>     subject distinguished name
> 
>      "C=CH, O=Linux strongSwan, CN=moon.strongswan.org
>     <http://moon.strongswan.org>"
> 
>     into its binary ASN.1 DER-encoded representation. We are aware
>     that entering configuration, identity and credential information into
>     the database manually is quite tiresome. If you want to use the
>     database in a production environment you would have to write some
>     scripts or a GUI to enter this information.
> 
>     > And from the source code package test examples, there are
>     something like:
>     > INSERT INTO shared_secret_identity (
>     >     shared_secret, identity
>     > ) VALUES (
>     >   1, 4
>     > );
>     > What is the 1 and 4 means here? Row number in releated tables?
>     >
>     Yes, this are primary keys of the shared_secret and identity
>     tables. The keys are assigned with increasing numbers starting
>     with one. Have a look at the following examples for more details
> 
>      http://www.strongswan.org/uml/testresults43/sql/index.html
> 
>     > Not sure if anything in ipsec.conf can have a counter part in the
>     database?
>     >
>     There are currently some parameters that cannot be defined in the
>     database.
> 
>     > thanks, Xia Weizhong
> 
>     Best regards
> 
>     Andreas
> 

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strongSwan - the Linux VPN Solution!                www.strongswan.org
Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
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