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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:33:47 +0200
From:      Phil Regnauld <regnauld@catpipe.net>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
Cc:        Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org>, net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Routing IPSEC packets?
Message-ID:  <20060818113347.GF29866@catpipe.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060818111809.H46402@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
References:  <44E58E9E.1030401@FreeBSD.org> <44E58F8B.5@FreeBSD.org> <20060818111809.H46402@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>

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Bjoern A. Zeeb (bzeeb-lists) writes:
> 
> You do not "route" IPsec traffic. You define apropriate policies and
> be done. You only need gif(4) if you really want to route and use a
> link-state protocol.

	... and want to do egress filtering, prioritization, and other
	things you can only really do for packets that travel in and out
	of an interface.  The problem with the triangle home - pcolo - ocolo
	is that it doesn't scale.  Hub-and-spoke is easier but then you need
	interfaces to route on.




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