FreeS/WAN Continues As Openswan

[brian-slashdotnews at hyperreal.org]

Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/23/0222229
Posted by: timothy, on 2004-03-23 10:21:00
Topic: encryption, 25 comments

   from the duckling-of-indeterminate-pulchritude dept.
   leto writes "It seems some of the developers and volunteers of the
   (recently deceased) FreeS/WAN project have started a [1]new company to
   develop and support the successor of the Linux IPsec code under the
   name of [2]Openswan in a "Cygnus style" business model. They
   [3]announced the new version at CeBIT which fully supports the new
   Linux 2.6 native IPsec stack. According to the [4]Openswan website, it
   was started 'by a few of the developers who were growing frustrated
   with the politics surrounding the FreeS/WAN project.' There is a
   [5]FAQ that explains how the various parts of IPsec on Linux work
   together. I guess that means US citizens can finally submit patches,
   and that distributions like RedHat/Fedora can now include it in their
   distribution. FreeS/WAN has always had the most features and most the
   most user-friendly configuration. It is good to see that will
   continue. And their [6]mailing list finally seems to refuse spam too."

   [7]Click Here

References

   1. http://www.xelerance.com/
   2. http://www.openswan.org/
   3. http://www.xelerance.com/pr/20040317/
   4. http://www.openswan.org/about.php
   5. http://www.xelerance.com/pr/20040318/#faq
   6. http://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2004-March/thread.html
   7.
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