From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Sat Nov 18 16:58:52 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 864A7DBF837 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:58:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (mail.sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D7C75F0F for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:58:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.98.5_1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from [212.73.125.240] (HELO admin.sibptus.transneft.ru) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 39868839 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 22:54:02 +0600 Received: from admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id vAIGwj46073863 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:58:47 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id vAIGwhNO073862 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:58:43 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.transneft.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:58:42 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: OpenVPN vs IPSec Message-ID: <20171118165842.GA73810@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.dreamwidth.org/pubkey?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 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, 18 Nov 2017 16:58:52 -0000 Dear Colleagues, Is there any reason to prefer IPSec over OpenVPN for building VPNs between FreeBSD hosts and routers (and others compatible with OpenVPN like pfSense, OpenWRT etc)? I can see only advantages of OpenVPN (a single UDP port, a single userland daemon, no kernel rebuild required, a standard PKI, an easy way to push settings and routes to remote clients, nice monitoring feature etc). But maybe there is some huge advantage of IPSec I've skipped? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859