From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 3 15: 0:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C206437B407 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:00:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1) id 15SmzH-0006rV-00; Sat, 04 Aug 2001 00:00:07 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "ggross@symark.com" Cc: Brad Huntting , Warner Losh , Hajimu UMEMOTO , "kris@obsecurity.org" , "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: !RE: IPSEC/IPSEC_ESP module(s) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 03 Aug 2001 11:28:09 MST." <01C11C0F.5FFB33B0.ggross@symark.com> Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 00:00:07 +0200 Message-ID: <26380.996876007@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 03 Aug 2001 11:28:09 MST, Glen Gross wrote: > The reason this comes up for me is that someone from SSH Communications > recently told me that "IPSEC supports IPv6." Does this mean > that if I enable IPSEC in the kernel, I should also make sure to enable the > IPv6 code? I would deeply appreciate it > if someone could shed some light on this subject for me. Do you use IPv6 address space to address your host? If so, enable INET6. Do you use IP-layer encryption for services offered or used by your host? If so, enable IPSEC. I realize this sounds facetious, but it's really as simple as that. If you need it, you need it. Otherwise, you don't. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message