Re: racoon?

[Pavel Simerda <psimerda redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Atkins" <warlord MIT EDU>
> To: "Pavel Simerda" <psimerda redhat com>
> Cc: "Bjørge Solli" <bjorge solli gmail com>, networkmanager-list gnome org
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:52:45 PM
> Subject: Re: racoon?
> 
> Pavel Simerda <psimerda redhat com> writes:
> 
> >> Yes, it's been seven years since IKEv2 was released.  Welcome to
> >> IETF Time.  :)
> >
> > It's been a long time since IPv6 was released :).
> 
> Indeed, even longer, and look how poorly it's still supported in the
> wild.  ;)
> 
> >> However I still maintain that ipsec-tools has not been abandoned.
> >
> > Possibly. But when I was exploring the current state of IPsec
> > userspace
> > implementations, its last release was more than a year old and it
> > was
> > far from perfect even for IPv4 and IKEv1.
> 
> Is there ever such a thing as "perfection"?  :)
> 
> >> >> There is still work being done on ipsec-tools,
> >> >
> >> > Yes? What news can I expect, then?
> >> 
> >> You'll have to ask the current developers.  I only know that there
> >> are still updates.
> >
> > I don't see any new release since March 2011, the mainpage links to
> > nonexistent websites and there's not even any information about
> > current
> > development. For anyone not involved it's just as dead as any other
> > dead
> > project.
> 
> Hmm, I thought there was a release (0.8.1) earlier this year.
> 
> Anyways, I think we've ratholed.  My only point was that ipsec-tools
> has not been abandoned.

I understand. But in my opinion it would be better if it was :).

Pavel

> -derek
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