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Date:      Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:29:46 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Jan Melen <jan@melen.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPsec in GENERIC kernel config
Message-ID:  <20090427182917.W15361@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <49F5F4A6.8050902@freebsd.org>
References:  <49F5B6F8.4040808@melen.org> <49F5F4A6.8050902@freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Sam Leffler wrote:

Hi,

> Jan Melen wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Again when I compiled a custom kernel just to enable IPsec in the FreeBSD 
>> kernel it came to my mind why is it so that the IPsec is not enabled by 
>> default in the GENERIC kernel configuration file? At least for me the 
>> GENERIC kernel configuration would do just fine if the IPsec would be 
>> enabled in it by default. Now I have to build a custom kernel just for 
>> IPsec btw IPsec is even mandatory for a host supporting IPv6.
> IPsec incurs a performance hit.  Fix that and it can be enabled in GENERIC.

There is even a PR for this:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/128030

-- 
Bjoern A. Zeeb                      The greatest risk is not taking one.



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