On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 02:51:14PM +0000, Martin Edward John Waller wrote: > I'd like to install freeswan on a woody machine, > but a package search for it cam up with nothing.
It was recently removed from woody due to an outstanding release critical bug. The bug turned out to not be freeswan's fault at all, but rather a user misinterpreting the kernel link trouble caused by recent binutils packages. Freeswan should make it back in to woody by the time the release happens. Until then, you can grab it from unstable. > Do I need a 2.4 kernel? (if so, any issues > upgrading from a 2.2 kernel to a 2.4 kernel on > woody?) Freeswan supports kernel 2.2 (even 2.0), though I'm not sure if the kernel-patch-freeswan package supports it. If not, you'll have to grab the kernel patches from freeswan.org. However, it's probably worth upgrading to 2.4 so you can use the Debianized kernel patch. It includes a bit more than the stock freeswan code (for example, it includes code that allows you to use X.509 certificates as a host authentication mechanism (This is a good thing, and will eventually be incorporated into the upstream freeswan code)). > Is there a noddy guide to isntalling it on woody? > I am supposed to be writing it... Hopefully I'll get to it soon, and it will become part of the "Debian Security Manual" that you can find on the Debian web site. HTH, noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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