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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:20:45 -0500
Subject: Re: IPSEC documentation
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:04:04 +0100, "Phil Regnauld"
<regnauld@catpipe.net> said:
> 	Yes, here using tunnel is indeed odd, it would make more sense
> 	of using IPIP or just GRE in transport mode.

I have often used GRE+IPsecTransport -- this allows routing protocols,
link state (if you have GRE keepalives), etc, to function correctly, and
I think it is easier to see what is going on than the "transparent"
IPsec tunnel approach.  Haven't done it with FreeBSD, though.

--ckg
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