.TH secchan 8 "December 2007" "OpenFlow" "OpenFlow Manual"

.SH NAME
secchan \- secure channel connecting an OpenFlow datapath to a controller

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B secchan
[OPTIONS] nl:\fIDP_IDX\fR tcp:\fICONTROLLER_IP\fR[:\fICONTROLLER_TCP_PORT\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBsecchan\fR program sets up a secure channel between a local
OpenFlow datapath and a remote controller.  \fBsecchan\fR connects to
the datapath over netlink and to the controller over TCP, and then
proceeds to forward packets from one endpoint to the other.

\fIDP_IDX\fR \- the ID of the local datapath to connect to

\fICONTROLLER_IP\fR \- the controller's IP address

\fICONTROLLER_TCP_PORT\fR \- the controller's TCP port to connect to \- defaults to 975

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-h ", " \-\^\-help
Prints a brief help message to the console.

.TP
.BR \-v ", " \-\^\-verbose
Prints debug messages to the console.

.TP
.BR \-V ", " \-\^\-version
Prints version information to the console.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR dpctl (8),
.BR controller (8)
.BR vlogconf (8)

.SH BUGS
Currently \fBsecchan\fR does not support SSL