FYI, looks like support for Racoon is ending. Does anyone have any experience with the version in ipsec-tools ?
---Mike
Racoon users,
This is the announcement that the kame project will quit providing a key management daemon, the racoon, and that "ipsec-tools" will become the formal team to release the racoon. The final release of the racoon in the kame project will be on 4/25.
Because there were some problem for users currently, - I did not add new feature. - I intent to fix security holes and apply patches. however, it could not be enough done. - I could not reply your questions, bug reports and useful suggestions. I was sorry that it was not enough support for users. I was thinking that I would not want to make trouble for users anymore.
There is another racoon as known as "ipsec-tools" in the sourceforge. It is being developed very actively, is stable than racoon and implemented radical feature. But it is sometime trouble for users that double racoons are released. It is also wasteful that development resource is devided. I was thinking that two racoon could be merged.
There was an oppotunity having a meeting with some of "ipsec-tools" developers at the IETF 62th in Minneapolis. I told my thought to the developers. They willingly agreed with my proposal.
They told me that they could become the formal support team. So the kame project decided to quit providing, and supporting racoon.
If you are interesting in the "ipsec-tools", please visit thier web page, http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net/ and subscribe to the mailing list by yourself. http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipsec-tools-devel
Thank you up to now, and best regards,
P.S. Some people interested in "racoon2". It is still pre-alpha version, not satisfied with users. I will concentrate developping "racoon2" to be stable. It needs more than one year at least.
//Shoichi Sakane
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