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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:05:40 +0100
From:      Massimo Lusetti <massimo@cedoc.mo.it>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   KAME/Fast IPSEC (was Re: netatm: plan for removal unless an active maintainer is found)
Message-ID:  <1142496340.4311.12.camel@massimo.datacode.it>
In-Reply-To: <20060315215915.GB16188@garage.freebsd.pl>
References:  <20060315004530.B5861@fledge.watson.org> <20060314.204252.74651890.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060315105031.E5861@fledge.watson.org> <20060315215915.GB16188@garage.freebsd.pl>

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On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 22:59 +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:

> Let me add my two cents. There are actually two things to do with KAME
> IPsec: MPSAFE and crypto(9) support and only one thing (IPv6) in case of
> fast_ipsec(4), so I think it will be much easier to add IPv6 support to
> fast_ipsec(4) and just drop KAME IPsec, so we can have one, full
> functional IPsec stack.
> 
> This is really confusing for the users. When I first heard of
> fast_ipsec(4) I thought it only works with crypto HW and if I need to do
> cryptography in software I need KAME IPsec.
> 
> But that's just an opinion of a passive observer:)

I also would like to see more clearness on this, Pawel is right saying
it's a confusing situation.

Ciao
-- 
Massimo
There are more way to do things, one is the bsd-way the others are wrong





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