On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 11:15:16PM -0400, Jan Schaumann wrote:
>
> I have IPSec set up to encrypt syslog connections between my clients and
> the logging hosts.  This works just dandy.  However, on the server, I
> get a ton of error messages in my logs from racoon:
> 
> Sep  3 23:11:54 amstel racoon: ERROR: isakmp.c:505: can't start the
>  quick mode, there is no ISAKMP-SA,
>  1b51ec5c83aec49d:ee081d4d91487dcd:000079c7 

Are you using aggressive mode?  Does the message go away if you use
main mode only?