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Date:      Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:56:05 +0200
From:      "Oldach, Helge" <Helge.Oldach@atosorigin.com>
To:        "'Lars Eggert'" <larse@ISI.EDU>
Cc:        hilman firmansyah <hilman@nap.net.id>
Subject:   RE: Gif IPTunnel networkA-to-networkB not work
Message-ID:  <D2CFC58E0F8CB443B54BE72201E8916E94C9E4@dehhx005.hbg.de.int.atosorigin.com>

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> From: Lars Eggert [mailto:larse@ISI.EDU]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 27. August 2003 17:45
> To: Oldach, Helge
> Cc: hilman firmansyah; freebsd-net@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Gif IPTunnel networkA-to-networkB not work
> Oldach, Helge wrote:
> > You must have the networks connected (on the public side), but when 
> > using IPSec your gif tunnel won't really be used. It is just sort of 
> > a "placeholder" to get the routing correct.
> 
> It is not a good idea to use gifs in parallel with IPsec tunnel mode.,
> to do this routing trick.

Fully agreed. The point is that a lot of documents on the web advise
to set up a gif tunnel in order to set up a IPSec tunnel. Which
is essentially nonsense. Apparently the original poster fell into the
same trap. Hence my clarification.

Helge



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