From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 06:11:29 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 0942F16A400; Sat, 12 May 2007 06:11:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Received: from shrew.net (206-223-169-85.beanfield.net [206.223.169.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C75E413C45B; Sat, 12 May 2007 06:11:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Received: from localhost (206-223-169-82.beanfield.net [206.223.169.82]) by shrew.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4648779E20E; Sat, 12 May 2007 01:11:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from shrew.net ([206.223.169.85]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [206.223.169.82]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 29468-04; Sat, 12 May 2007 06:11:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hole.shrew.net (66-90-185-31.dyn.grandenetworks.net [66.90.185.31]) by shrew.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31FDD79E203; Sat, 12 May 2007 01:11:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [10.22.200.21] ([10.22.200.21]) by hole.shrew.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4BNF4hw034158; Fri, 11 May 2007 23:15:04 GMT (envelope-from mgrooms@shrew.net) Message-ID: <46455B30.5030100@shrew.net> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 01:14:08 -0500 From: Matthew Grooms User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alfred Perlstein References: <200705110811.l4B8BTL6031338@hole.shrew.net> <20070512045441.GI21795@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20070512045441.GI21795@elvis.mu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, vanhu@free.fr 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 06:11:29 -0000 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Matthew, can you provide links to the patches and surrounding > discussion. It may just be a matter of integration manpower... > Here is a link to the 6.x patch set. I'm not sure where the most recent patches are for head. Yvan will probably be willing to point us in the right direction. http://ipsec-tools.sf.net/freebsd6-natt.diff As for the surrounding discussion, I haven't seen anything recently about why the changes haven't been integrated. I was hoping my post would seed a new discussion regarding this. Here is a link to a few older threads regarding patents and fast-ipsec support. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-net/2005-August/007986.html http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-net/2006-March/010164.html > * 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" >