IPsec-tools

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This package provides a way to use the native IPsec functionality

in the Linux 2.6+ kernel. It works as well on NetBSD and FreeBSD.

- libipsec, a PF_KEYv2 library

- setkey, a tool to directly manipulate policies and SAs

- racoon, an IKEv1 keying daemon

IPsec-tools were ported to Linux from the KAME project

(http://www.kame.net) by Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>.

Authors

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The ipsec-tools code has been maintained and developed by:

Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu@netbsd.org>

VANHULLEBUS Yvan <vanhu@free.fr>

Matthew Grooms <mgrooms@shrew.net>

Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi>

IHTFP Consulting <http://www.ihtfp.com/>

SUSE Linux AG <http://www.suse.com/>

Under the NetBSD CVS repository, several other people maintain it.

History

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Ipsec-tools was originally developed by the KAME project. It was then moved

on SourfeForge, at the following address:

http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net/

Due to too restricted commit accesses, the development stalled, and the

source code was moved into NetBSD's CVS repository, in:

src/crypto/dist/ipsec-tools

However, many distributions still take their tarballs from SourceForge, and

each distribution maintains local patches.

FreeBSD maintains its own libipsec and setkey tools, in:

head/lib/libipsec/

head/sbin/setkey/

A Trac used to exist, at the following address:

https://trac.ipsec-tools.net/

but the domain expired and was not renewed.

The mailing lists from SourceForge still exist:

ipsec-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

ipsec-tools-users@lists.sourceforge.net

You can also browse the list archive:

http://sf.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=ipsec-tools-devel