Re: VPNC plugin on Ubuntu 8.04: disable DPD?

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs clemson edu>]

On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 17:37 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 12:51 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 08:36 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > 
> >         On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 12:19 +0200, Marc Luethi wrote:
> >         > Hi all!
> >         > [...]
> >         https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-vpnc/+bug/206000
> >         > 
> >         > For now, I'd be happy if I could enable/disable
> >         network-manager-vpnc's
> >         > DPD globally. 
> >         > 
> >         > 
> >         > Can this be done?
> >         
> >         In Fedora's Bugzilla:
> >         
> >                 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=403661
> >         
> >         No action since I filed it last November.  I have to run vpnc by
> >         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >         hand on those connections where DPD is an issue.
> > 
> > The other thing I've noticed about this issue is that nobody on the
> > NetworkManager team ever sees fit to comment when it comes up on the
> > list.
> 
> Mainly because I don't have quite enough bandwidth to deal with every
> issue right when it comes up, but it's probably useful to say "This
> option is probably a good idea, but I need to finish piece X of
> NetworkManager first before I can look at it" anyway.

OK Thanks.  I understand there's a lot on your plate, but I thought I
recalled there was someone else handling the vpnc bit.

> 
> I updated that bug report BTW.

'preciate it.

> 
> Dan
> 
> >         
> >         See also
> >         
> >                 http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/f8-nm-iwl3945-B.shtml
> >         
> >         The other vpnc features that it would be good to be able to
> >         configure are NAT traversal mode selection and IPsec obfuscated
> >         secret support.
> >         
> >         > thanks & best regards
> >         > 
> >         > 
> >         > Marc
> >         > 
> >         > 
> >         > 
> >         
> >         
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

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