charon-cmd

IPsec VPN solution metapackage

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/charon-cmd.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install charon-cmd
Ubuntu
apt-get install charon-cmd
Alpine
apk add strongswan
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S strongswan
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install charon-cmd
Fedora
dnf install strongswan
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install charon-cmd
OS X
brew install strongswan
Raspbian
apt-get install charon-cmd
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/charon-cmd charon-cmd powered by Commando

strongswan

IPsec VPN solution metapackage

The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols. This metapackage installs the packages required to maintain IKEv1 and IKEv2 connections via ipsec.conf or ipsec.secrets.

charon-cmd

standalone IPsec client

The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols. This package contains the charon-cmd command, which can be used as a client to connect to a remote IKE daemon.

strongswan-ike

strongSwan Internet Key Exchange daemon (transitional package)

The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols. This package used to install version 5 of the charon daemon and has been replaced by the strongswan-charon package. This package can be safely removed once it's installed.