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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:53:55 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Stephen Cimarelli <stephen@clari.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help with IPSEC
Message-ID:  <20010221225355.A68921@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010221100009.stephen@clari.net.au>; from stephen@clari.net.au on Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 10:00:09AM %2B1100
References:  <XFMail.010221100009.stephen@clari.net.au>

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On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 10:00:09AM +1100, Stephen Cimarelli wrote:

> * Most users seem to use gif devices to setup the tunnels instead of IPsec
> tunnels, Why?

gif is the name of the device used to implement tunneling.

> What ports/protocols do I need to allow through a firewall to allow gif and
> IPsec to work?

gif isn't a protocol, it's an interface name.  Check /etc/protocols
for the protocol number of the AH and ESP protocols, which IPSEC uses
depending on which mode you run it in.

Kris

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