From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 27 18:46:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8242C106566B; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net) Received: from mail.cksoft.de (mail.cksoft.de [195.88.108.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39DBA8FC18; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net) Received: from localhost (amavis.fra.cksoft.de [192.168.74.71]) by mail.cksoft.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD4B041C795; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:30:05 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cksoft.de Received: from mail.cksoft.de ([195.88.108.3]) by localhost (amavis.fra.cksoft.de [192.168.74.71]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pUq4qg33Q40G; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:30:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.cksoft.de (Postfix, from userid 66) id 87E6D41C76D; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:30:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net (maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net [10.111.66.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.int.zabbadoz.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F74C4448E6; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:29:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:29:46 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" X-X-Sender: bz@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net To: Sam Leffler In-Reply-To: <49F5F4A6.8050902@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20090427182917.W15361@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> References: <49F5B6F8.4040808@melen.org> <49F5F4A6.8050902@freebsd.org> X-OpenPGP-Key: 0x14003F198FEFA3E77207EE8D2B58B8F83CCF1842 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Jan Melen , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPsec in GENERIC kernel config X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:46:55 -0000 On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Sam Leffler wrote: Hi, > Jan Melen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Again when I compiled a custom kernel just to enable IPsec in the FreeBSD >> kernel it came to my mind why is it so that the IPsec is not enabled by >> default in the GENERIC kernel configuration file? At least for me the >> GENERIC kernel configuration would do just fine if the IPsec would be >> enabled in it by default. Now I have to build a custom kernel just for >> IPsec btw IPsec is even mandatory for a host supporting IPv6. > IPsec incurs a performance hit. Fix that and it can be enabled in GENERIC. There is even a PR for this: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/128030 -- Bjoern A. Zeeb The greatest risk is not taking one.