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Re: [SLE] ipsec0 interface on kernel 2.6 [ANSWER]
  • From: "José M. Fandiño" <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:47:02 +0200
  • Message-id: <41374E86.943EB0BB@xxxxxxxxx>

"José M. Fandiño" wrote:
> I'm struggling with two SuSE servers to create an ipsec tunnel between
> them.
[...]
> The configuration file ipsec.conf (which I attach below) works and the tunnel
> gets established, but no ipsec0 interface is created for the server with the
> kernel 2.6, so I can't route packets forward the encrypted interface.
>
> anyone knows why no ipsec0 interface exits? or how is supposed I
> must route encrypted packets?

it cannot be done with 2.6 kernels because KLIPS (the kernel component
of IPSEC) is not present, it is replaced by a new ipsec stack. So
virtual interfaces doesn't exits :(

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