IPSec on linux 2.4.4
Hi. I want to make an encrypted VPN and I'd like you to advice some free (linux) solutions. My 1st try was FreeSwan but it doesn't build on 2.4.4 kernel (tested with both freeswan latest versions: stable and today's snapshot). I'm having a look to other alternatives (listed in "Other approaches to VPNs for Linux" from freeswan doc). Just right now I'm going to have a look to CIPE. As usual I'd like to hear some words from you (which solution do you recommend and/or have tested for my kernel, ...). Greetings to the ml :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ** RoMaN SoFt / LLFB ** roman@madrid.com http://pagina.de/romansoft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* RoMaN SoFt / LLFB!! wrote on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 12:04 +0200:
I want to make an encrypted VPN and I'd like you to advice some free (linux) solutions. My 1st try was FreeSwan but it doesn't build on 2.4.4 kernel
At least there is a chance to make it working. In the mailinglist was postet yesterday (or so):
Ok. I run klipsdebug with 2.4.4-ac3 with freeswan-1.9 which backported changes from freeswan-snap2001may2m.
And a thread about some patches. I think there's a mailing list archive somewhere in the web.
As usual I'd like to hear some words from you (which solution do you recommend and/or have tested for my kernel, ...).
I would use IPSec (i.e. FreeSwan) only from now, since things like CIPE seems to be propritary but IPSec is standard :) I think it's important for network protocols to interact with other machines, no matter if they run freeswan, PGP Net or Win2K... oki, Steffen -- Dieses Schreiben wurde maschinell erstellt, es trägt daher weder Unterschrift noch Siegel.
On Fri, 4 May 2001 12:40:23 +0200, you wrote:
And a thread about some patches. I think there's a mailing list archive somewhere in the web.
I tried the only ml archive with search feature I saw. I entered "2.4.4" and the results weren't appropiate. It returned strings like 2.4.x, 2.4.0, etc... I mean the last '4' was not understood by the search engine. So the search was useless. Then I went to last posts (end of ml archive) (as 2.4.4 is new I supposed the related posts would be there) but I couldn't see any related posts. I've posted to the freeswan ml. I've received some responses but none of them truly useful. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ** RoMaN SoFt / LLFB ** roman@madrid.com http://pagina.de/romansoft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"RoMaN SoFt / LLFB!!" wrote:
Hi.
I want to make an encrypted VPN and I'd like you to advice some free (linux) solutions. My 1st try was FreeSwan but it doesn't build on 2.4.4 kernel (tested with both freeswan latest versions: stable and today's snapshot). I'm having a look to other alternatives (listed in "Other approaches to VPNs for Linux" from freeswan doc). Just right now I'm going to have a look to CIPE.
Maybe vtun is a nice solution for you ... it's easy and if you only want it for your privat use i think its ok. take a look to http://vtun.sourceforge.net maybe you can tell us something about your testing ;) Bye, Sven -- intraDAT AG http://www.intradat.com Wilhelm Leuschner Strasse 9-11, 60329 Frankfurt Tel: +49-69-25629-0 Fax: +49-69-25629-256
On Fri, 04 May 2001 13:13:17 +0200, you wrote:
Maybe vtun is a nice solution for you ... it's easy and if you only want
Indeed this solution is listed as alternative to freeswan: http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_trees/freeswan-1.3/doc/WWWref.html#alternat... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ** RoMaN SoFt / LLFB ** roman@madrid.com http://pagina.de/romansoft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"RoMaN SoFt / LLFB!!" wrote:
Just right now I'm going to have a look to CIPE.
As usual I'd like to hear some words from you (which solution do you recommend and/or have tested for my kernel, ...).
We are running a VPN between our three offices with CIPE and it works fine. I renember that I've also seen on the CIPE mailinglist reports of VPNs with 100+ nodes. CIPE is easy to set up. The only things you have to look for are your routing entries and your firewall setup. A cipe driver for NT is also avaiable. Sven
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