-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brian Candler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah, I guess this means you're following the instructions in the > FreeBSD handbook, which last time I looked gave a most bizarre and > unnecessary way of setting up IPSEC (GIF tunneling running on top of > IPSEC *tunnel* mode). I raised it on this list before.
I ran into the same thing when analyzing the handbook's examples, and quickly abandoned the handbook when writing my own configs. > Most people are better off just setting up IPSEC tunnel mode. A few > use GIF running on top of IPSEC _transport_ mode (e.g. those running > routing protocols like OSPF over tunnels) The main reason to use IPSEC tunnel mode and avoid GIF is that such a config is interoperable with other IPSEC implementations (Cisco, Checkpoint, etc), and thus is much more useful in the real world. - -- David DeSimone == Network Admin == [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. -- Robert Benchley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEktGKFSrKRjX5eCoRAq7JAJwIljDoGlZu+PDcFRT8842UpvXPkwCfZP8l IXMhmlNoy/++m/CxIoIhfHI= =ftpL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
