-.\" $OpenBSD: sec.4,v 1.1 2023/08/07 03:17:42 dlg Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sec.4,v 1.2 2023/08/07 16:29:36 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2023 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org>
.\"
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sec
-.Nd Route-based IPsec VPN tunnel interface pseudo-device
+.Nd route based IPsec VPN tunnel interface pseudo-device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "pseudo-device sec"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides point-to-point tunnel interfaces for IPv4 and IPv6
-protected by the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
+protected by the
.Xr ipsec 4
+Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
protocol.
.Pp
Traffic is encapsulated in the ESP protocol and forwarded to the
-remote endpoint by routing over an
-.Nm sec
+remote endpoint by routing over a
+.Nm
interface rather than matching policy in the IPsec Security Policy
Database (SPD).
.Nm
-interfaces require the configuration of IPsec Security Associations
+interfaces require the configuration of IPsec Security Associations (SAs)
.\" with the interface extension
between the local and remote endpoints.
Negotiation of interface SAs is supported by
-.Xr iked 8 ,
+.Xr iked 8
and
.Xr isakmpd 8
-with
-.Xr ipsecctl 8 .
+(the latter via
+.Xr ipsecctl 8 ) .
.Pp
.Nm
interfaces can be created at runtime using the