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Date:      Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:23:22 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A radical restructuring of IPsec...
Message-ID:  <20070407042322.GA72639@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <ev5mku$3tq$1@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <m21wix61iy.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <ev5mku$3tq$1@sea.gmane.org>

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On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 04:49:01PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:
> gnn@freebsd.org wrote:
>=20
> >The patch removes Kame derived IPsec from the tree, and adds v6
> >support to FAST_IPSEC.  The IPSEC kernel option is removed, but the
> >FAST_IPSEC option remains. This is a test patch and has a known
> >problem with routing packets through a node.  Nodes can operate in a
> >host mode, that is they are the endpoint of a tunnel.
>=20
> Just a quick question: Is the reason for this simplification,=20
> performance, cleanup (I see spl...() functions removed), or something els=
e?

KAME IPSEC is both giant-locked and lower performance than fast IPSEC
(which also integrates with crypto hardware devices).  The missing
piece from the latter is what George has implemented, namely IPv6
support.

Kris




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