FreeBSD Gets 'Fast IPsec' Implementation

An anonymous reader writes "Sam Leffler (yes, one of the authors of the BSD Design and Implementation book you have on your bookshelf if you know anything with operating systems) has just committed a new FAST_IPSEC implementation to the FreeBSD 5.x source tree. It's a merge of the KAME IPsec implementation and the OpenBSD hardware crypto accelerated IPsec implementation. You can read the commit message here."

Comments

Cool!

[CoolVibe]

Heck, I might actually have a use for this. Only if CURRENT were a little more stable.

I certainly can't wait until this get's MFC'd.

Re:Things preventing me from using FreeBSD:

[vadim_t]

I never used FreeBSD, but your /bin/cp problem is simple: you're bumping into the command line length limit. It exists in Linux too, although from what you say it's larger. Just work around it, for example:

find . -exec cp {} /mp3 ';'

Re:FreeS/WAN and Linux

[peter]

The US isn't a problem for crypto anymore. You just send an email to the gov't to tell them about your program that uses crypto. (haha suckers, Canadian's don't have to do lame stuff like that :) There are still other countries where crypto is a problem, though.

Re:This is excellent news!

[peter]

> > Last time I checked, Sweden is not in Calgary.

> Thats affirmative. It is, however, in Canada you fucktard. I'm assuming that you're an American because you are geographically retarded.

Nope, sorry, Sweden is not in Canada. Calgary is a city in western Canada, and Sweden is a nordic country. Apparently someone in Sweden uses OpenBSD, and is running on too little sleep.