Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 01:14:08 -0500 From: Matthew Grooms <mgrooms@shrew.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, vanhu@free.fr Subject: Re: NAT Traversal Patches ... Message-ID: <46455B30.5030100@shrew.net> In-Reply-To: <20070512045441.GI21795@elvis.mu.org> References: <200705110811.l4B8BTL6031338@hole.shrew.net> <20070512045441.GI21795@elvis.mu.org>
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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 <mgrooms@shrew.net> [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" >
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