From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 05:12:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5875F16A400 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 05:12:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A9FE13C468 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 05:12:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 28A4D1A3C1A; Fri, 11 May 2007 21:54:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 21:54:41 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Matthew Grooms Message-ID: <20070512045441.GI21795@elvis.mu.org> References: <200705110811.l4B8BTL6031338@hole.shrew.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200705110811.l4B8BTL6031338@hole.shrew.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NAT Traversal Patches ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 05:12:22 -0000 Matthew, can you provide links to the patches and surrounding discussion. It may just be a matter of integration manpower... * Matthew Grooms [070511 08:08] wrote: > > All, > > I understand that FreeBSD is a volunteer project, but does anyone > have any information regarding the status of the IPsec NAT Traversal > patches and their inclusion with FeeBSD? I have seen them floating > around this list for a few years now. At one point, there was an > objection that concerned a possible legal issue related to patents. This > can't be too much of a road block as Linux, OpenBSD and NetBSD all > include support for NATT in official stable kernel sources. Fedora Core > 6 even has the feature enabled by default in the generic kernel. Another > objection I have seen was related to the patch only offering support for > the KAME stack. But the most recent patch set also offers support for > the Fast IPsec stack as well. > > Is the patch lacking sponsorship by a FreeBSD developer sponsor > since the author does not have commit access? Maybe a developer looking > at the patch is just short on time at the moment? If so, is there > another developer that could maybe help out? Is there a technical reason > why the patches have not been committed? If so, I don't think the > author is aware so a little communication is required? > > Lastly, is there anything the community can do to help out? Maybe > donating to a FreeBSD Foundation project that sponsors IPsec related > work? > > Thanks, > > -Matthew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- - Alfred Perlstein