Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:30:54 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: "Muenz, Michael" <m.muenz@spam-fetish.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenVPN vs IPSec Message-ID: <20171119143054.GC82727@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <d92dff62-3baf-a22d-bfac-5a668b276259@spam-fetish.org> References: <20171118165842.GA73810@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <b96b449e-3dc1-6e75-e803-e6d6abefe88e@spam-fetish.org> <20171119120832.GA82727@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <d92dff62-3baf-a22d-bfac-5a668b276259@spam-fetish.org>
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Muenz, Michael wrote: > Am 19.11.2017 um 13:08 schrieb Victor Sudakov: > > Muenz, Michael wrote: > >>> Is there any reason to prefer IPSec over OpenVPN for building VPNs > >>> between FreeBSD hosts and routers (and others compatible with OpenVPN > >>> like pfSense, OpenWRT etc)? > >>> > >>> I can see only advantages of OpenVPN (a single UDP port, a single > >>> userland daemon, no kernel rebuild required, a standard PKI, an easy > >>> way to push settings and routes to remote clients, nice monitoring > >>> feature etc). But maybe there is some huge advantage of IPSec I've > >>> skipped? > >>> > >> Hi, > >> > >> partners/customers with Cisco IOS or ASA wont be able to partner up > >> without IPSEC. > > Sure, that's why I wrote "and others compatible with OpenVPN > > like pfSense, OpenWRT etc" in the first paragraph. > > > > Are you just searching for arguments against IPSec or real life cases? Actually, I' searching for arguments *for* IPSec. > IMHO when you have both ends under control OpenVPN is just fine. > If you are planning to interconnect with many customers/vendors IPSec > fits best. I have a personal success story of establishing transport mode IPSec between Windows and FreeBSD/racoon. But when other OSes are involved, I have the impression that there is no pure IPSec, it's usually IPSec+L2TP, and that's where the FreeBSD part becomes complicated (interaction between ipsec, mpd5 and racoon is required). > > In the last 15 years I was never asked about a Site2Site VPN with OpenVPN > from any customer or partner of the firewalls I managed. OK, thank you, I have now one argument: IPSec is multi-vendor. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859
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