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FreeS/WAN Continues As Openswan

Posted by timothy on from the duckling-of-indeterminate-pulchritude dept.

leto writes "It seems some of the developers and volunteers of the (recently deceased) FreeS/WAN project have started a new company to develop and support the successor of the Linux IPsec code under the name of Openswan in a "Cygnus style" business model. They announced the new version at CeBIT which fully supports the new Linux 2.6 native IPsec stack. According to the Openswan website, it was started 'by a few of the developers who were growing frustrated with the politics surrounding the FreeS/WAN project.' There is a FAQ that explains how the various parts of IPsec on Linux work together. I guess that means US citizens can finally submit patches, and that distributions like RedHat/Fedora can now include it in their distribution. FreeS/WAN has always had the most features and most the most user-friendly configuration. It is good to see that will continue. And their mailing list finally seems to refuse spam too."

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  1. At Lazt ... by AftanGustur · · Score: 5, Funny


    I guess that means US citizens can finally submit patches, and that distributions like RedHat/Fedora can now include it in their distribution.

    Ahh, u mean ze citisenz of ze USA can finally have ze same freedom as ze French Bastardz have had for yearz ?

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    1. Re:At Lazt ... by Odin's+Raven · · Score: 3, Funny
      ...ze French Bastardz...

      Excuse me, but here in the US the politically-correct term is Freedom Bastardz. ;-)

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  2. Swansong by Alain+Williams · · Score: 2, Funny

    So that earlier noise about it closing was not it's SwanSong after all.