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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