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persistent keepalive: documentation 

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
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@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Sub-commands that take an INTERFACE must be passed a WireGuard interface.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
\fBshow\fP { \fI<interface>\fP | \fIall\fP | \fIinterfaces\fP } [\fIpublic-key\fP | \fIprivate-key\fP | \fIpreshared-key\fP | \fIlisten-port\fP | \fIpeers\fP | \fIendpoints\fP | \fIallowed-ips\fP | \fIlatest-handshake\fP | \fIbandwidth\fP]
\fBshow\fP { \fI<interface>\fP | \fIall\fP | \fIinterfaces\fP } [\fIpublic-key\fP | \fIprivate-key\fP | \fIpreshared-key\fP | \fIlisten-port\fP | \fIpeers\fP | \fIendpoints\fP | \fIallowed-ips\fP | \fIlatest-handshake\fP | \fIpersistent-keepalive\fP | \fIbandwidth\fP]
Shows current WireGuard configuration of specified \fI<interface>\fP.
If no \fI<interface>\fP is specified, \fI<interface>\fP defaults to \fIall\fP.
If \fIinterfaces\fP is specified, prints a list of all WireGuard interfaces,
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ newlines and tabs, meant to be used in scripts.
Shows the current configuration of \fI<interface>\fP in the format described
by \fICONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT\fP below.
.TP
\fBset\fP \fI<interface>\fP [\fIlisten-port\fP \fI<port>\fP] [\fIprivate-key\fP \fI<file-path>\fP] [\fIpreshared-key\fP \fI<file-path>\fP] [\fIpeer\fP \fI<base64-public-key>\fP [\fIremove\fP] [\fIendpoint\fP \fI<ip>:<port>\fP] [\fIallowed-ips\fP \fI<ip1>/<cidr1>\fP[,\fI<ip2>/<cidr2>\fP]...] ]...
\fBset\fP \fI<interface>\fP [\fIlisten-port\fP \fI<port>\fP] [\fIprivate-key\fP \fI<file-path>\fP] [\fIpreshared-key\fP \fI<file-path>\fP] [\fIpeer\fP \fI<base64-public-key>\fP [\fIremove\fP] [\fIendpoint\fP \fI<ip>:<port>\fP] [\fIpersistent-keepalive\fP \fI<interval seconds>\fP] [\fIallowed-ips\fP \fI<ip1>/<cidr1>\fP[,\fI<ip2>/<cidr2>\fP]...] ]...
Sets configuration values for the specified \fI<interface>\fP. Multiple
\fIpeer\fPs may be specified, and if the \fIremove\fP argument is given
for a peer, that peer is removed, not configured. If \fIlisten-port\fP
@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ you may safely pass in a string by specifying as \fIprivate-key\fP or
layer of symmetric-key cryptography to be mixed into the already existing
public-key cryptography, for post-quantum resistance. If \fIallowed-ips\fP
is specified, but the value is the empty string, all allowed ips are removed
from the peer.
from the peer. The use of \fIpersistent-keepalive\fP is optional and is by
default off; setting it to 0 or "off", disables it. Otherwise it represents,
in seconds, between 10 and 3600 inclusive, how often to send an empty UDP
packet to the peer, for the purpose of keeping a stateful firewall or NAT
mapping valid persistently. For example, if the interface very rarely sends
traffic, but it might at anytime receive traffic from a peer, and it is behind
NAT, the interface might benefit from having a persistent keepalive interval
of 25 seconds.
.TP
\fBsetconf\fP \fI<interface>\fP \fI<configuration-filename>\fP
Sets the current configuration of \fI<interface>\fP to the contents of
@ -134,6 +141,14 @@ Endpoint \(em an endpoint IP or hostname, followed by a colon, and then a
port number. This endpoint will be updated automatically to the most recent
source IP address and port of correctly authenticated packets from the peer.
Optional.
.IP \(bu
PersistentKeepalive \(em a seconds interval, between 10 and 3600 inclusive, of
how often to send an empty UDP packet to the peer for the purpose of keeping a
stateful firewall or NAT mapping valid persistently. For example, if the interface
very rarely sends traffic, but it might at anytime receive traffic from a peer,
and it is behind NAT, the interface might benefit from having a persistent keepalive
interval of 25 seconds. If set to 0 or "off", this option is disabled. By default or
when unspecified, this option is off. Optional.
.SH CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT EXAMPLE
This example may be used as a model for writing configuration files.