-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Friday 08 August 2003 09:45, William R. Lorenz wrote: > Greetings, > > With the availabity of integrated IPSEC functionality in the 2.6 Linux > kernel, I wanted to ask the list -- how does this effect the development > of the FreeS/WAN code, moving forward?
Thanks to the efforts of Herbert Xu (and others), FreeS/WAN works with the putative 2.6 kernel code. He releases updates rather often. http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/freeswan/ (here's a link to a Ken's mirror, so as not to kill Herbert's bandwith.) http://www.freeswan.ca/patches/gondor.apana.org.au/%257Eherbert/freeswan/ Testing is good; there are still issues, both with the patch and with the kernel code itself. Check the Design archives for details on that. > Is the functionality built into > the 2.6 kernel indeed derived from the FreeS/WAN code? No, it's not. This may be for the best, as most people accept that KLIPS isn't all that pretty to look at. freeswan.org still has a KLIPS code rewrite in the works, and KLIPS development will not totally cease. If said development continues actively, it will aim to provide alternative kernel code that allows for additional FreeS/WAN functionality if used. > Are developers > from the FreeS/WAN project actively working on this code? Yes; I know that Michael Richardson's current plan is to merge the patch against 2.6 into our next release, such that our userland code will work regardless of which ipsec stack sits in the kernel. Ken Bantoft plans on doing something similar with SuperFreeS/WAN, AFAIK. - -- Sam Sgro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv Comment: For the matching public key, finger the Reply-To: address. iQCVAwUBPzPZbEOSC4btEQUtAQGV6AQAhjChLlvDL+nxQkgg8pWl4bCrmEEedBWQ hPQl3aOYgYoXpTfy2XySDygN+FoMydbwUejWaf45ZL8S38a5NhAbfQXthfk50Yhd rWYiMR/cu/UzsvO/R5p+8YU/HXCJ9utEs4sKewkJdgLTpRddezBSiKAhYCCz7ag9 sk+b6vbDb+A= =K8N2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ FreeS/WAN Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mj2.freeswan.org/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr
