[strongSwan] "auto = try_again_later" on DNS problems?

[Harald Dunkel]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:00:07 +0200
Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel at aixigo.de> wrote:

> Hi Tobias,
> 
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:59:05 +0200
> Tobias Brunner <tobias at strongswan.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Harald,
> >   
> > > I tried both "auto = start"    
> > 
> > You could set charon.retry_initiate_interval, then initiation will be
> > tried again if the DNS resolution failed.
> >   
> 
> Sorry, my bad. I had expected some connection specific config
> option, so I didn't look at the global options.
> 

PS: I am not sure if charon.retry_initiate_interval = 0 is a 
reasonable default. What are the odds that a local network admin
expects Strongswan to give up early in case of a DNS failure?

Maybe something like 300 would be a better choice? 


Just a suggestion, of course. Regards
Harri