Re: IPSec questions...
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:37:10 -0700
Stefan Srdic <linuxbox@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> I was curious about IPSec and had a few questions about it. Do
> you need more then one host on the network in order to use it?
To do anything useful, yes.
> Can it be implemented without patching the kernel?
In the case of FreeS/WAN, no, you have to patch the kernel.
> Does Debian support it?
There is a FreeS/WAN package, and there is a FreeS/WAN kernel patch
package. I've not had success with the latter (I ended up hand
patching and building my own kernels). The base Debian FreeS/WAN
packages seem to work.
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