FreeS/WAN Project Bows Out

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Posted by timothy on Monday March 1, 2004 @01:43PM from the ideas-don't-die-though dept.

V. Mole writes "After five years, the FreeS/WAN project has decided to end development. The main reason seems to be that although the project was technically successful, it was not making much progress with its political goals of encrypting a significant portion of all Internet communications, although one might guess that the selection of KAME for the standard Linux IPSEC implementation might also have influenced this decision. And don't panic, the software will remain available, and of course some other group is free to continue development."

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I thought the Internet was encypted by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-01 13:53 · Score: 5, Funny

It's not triple-DES, but it's double-rot-13. Sounds safe enough.
1. Re:I thought the Internet was encypted by Admiral+Burrito · 2004-03-01 15:14 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It's not triple-DES, but it's double-rot-13.
  
  Wrong. Double-ROT-13 was found to be insecure. I mean, come on - it's obvious that the second ROT-13 undoes the first ROT-13! So the internet has since been upgraded to quadruple-ROT-13, which is twice as secure as double-ROT-13.
*gasp!* by homeobocks · 2004-03-01 13:56 · Score: 3, Funny

You mean my talk sessions through ssh aren't secure any more?!?

/me puts on his tin foil hat.

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Re:corporation by Fnkmaster · 2004-03-01 14:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Support from a guy with a two-digit Slashdot User ID... what more could you ask for?
Re:corporation by velkro · 2004-03-01 14:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Thanks! Some of us have been doing this stuff for many, many years. We might even be good at it by now :)
Re:Ouch. This is going to hurt. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-01 14:17 · Score: 0, Funny

The company I worked for last year, for instance, poured a significant quantity of time and money into a corporate VPN based on FreeS/WAN, and even bundled it into products.
Dumbass. Should've used Cisco.
Re:Opportunistic encryption by MrWa · 2004-03-01 14:19 · Score: 4, Funny

Also, aren't there other problems inherant with OE? IE
Amoung many other problems, yes, Outlook Express being integrated with Internet Explorer is a problem...
Re:no make sense by TedCheshireAcad · 2004-03-01 14:24 · Score: 3, Funny

no, trust me, you are.
Re:corporation by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-01 14:50 · Score: 1, Funny

what more could you ask for?

Support from a hot girl with a two-digit Slashdot User ID!