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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 16:03:41 +0200
From: Jimmy Wiklund <jimmy.wiklund@...vister.com>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: VPN software
Solar Designer wrote:
>>Does Owl has got some kind of VPN software reccomended to make virtual
>>networks?
>>I want to use FreeS/WAN and want to make sure of there's no other software
>>already included in Owl (or as a package grabbed from Owl ftp).
>
>
> We don't package such software yet, although we may do so in the
> future. At the moment I'm not sure whether we'll go with CIPE or
> FreeS/WAN.
>
> BTW, our userland includes patches to losetup and mount to support the
> international (crypto) kernel patch (encrypted filesystems). And the
> kernel patch includes CIPE. So that may better fit the "one way to do
> a thing" / "one implementation of a feature" rule.
>
> Feedback from the Owl user community is welcome and may well affect
> the decision.
Myself would prefer FreeS/WAN since that is IPsec, and CIPE is more to
be considered "homebrew".
Note: I dont have any grudge against CIPE at all, but with FreeS/WAN I
can talk IPsec to routers, firewalls and all.. Something I cannot do
with CIPE.
Best regards, Jimmy.
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Jimmy Wiklund, Clavister AB
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