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FreeS/WAN Continues As Openswan

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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  3. Re:At Lazt ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no need for pigeon talk... use proper english... it is after all the "lingua franca" now.. muahahaha

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  4. Re:fucking sand niggers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Re:Man this stories fucking boring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That is something to mull over, but I got some bigger ones that EVEN GOOGLE CANT ANSWER. In fact,
    these are the questions I used to kill my AI robot guards with logic failures when I escaped from Krasus.

    What is a 6ft wookie doing on a planet full of 3ft ewoks?

    And furthermore, was it *really* a planet or a planetoid?

    And for that matter is the deathstar held in a spherical shape by the force of it's own gravity?

    Maybe your ill-spent youth reading slashdot will come in handy one day. And maybe you will be found dead (by-pizza choking no less) with a smile on your face having solved the riddle no man can; 1/16th sized first edition starwars figurines arranged before you. Who knows, the net is vast and infinite.

  6. Re:Man this stories fucking boring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jean simply isn't powerful enough to lift the ship that quickly. It appears that creating a defensive shell (projecting force in a direction indiscriminately) is easier than levitating objects. Jean had to get out because projecting her power through a wall requires greater concentration. Simply exerting force in a direction is easy, but ensuring that force starts beyond the hull of the ship creates a greater strain, and reduces her ability to stop the tidal wave.

    Iceman's story is different. He didn't create a wall of ice because he's a useless fag that will never come close to realizing the full potential of his powers. I wouldn't count on him to do anything more critical than filling an ice cube tray.

    Cyclops' bolts hit with enormous force, but they don't produce heat directly. The heat caused by friction wouldn't be enough to slow down the flood.

    Xavier's powers are primarily telepathic, the telekinetic component is secondary and limited.

    Now, if they were smart, they would've had Nightcrawler teleport them all to safety.

  7. Re:Man this stories fucking boring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is a 6ft wookie doing on a planet full of 3ft ewoks?

    Having dinner.

    And furthermore, was it *really* a planet or a planetoid?

    Like anybody cares, let alone people in a galaxy far, far away. go read the latest Pluto|Sedna story.

    And for that matter is the deathstar held in a spherical shape by the force of it's own gravity?

    It was designed and built to be spherical and its internal construction provides structural integrity, but the spherical form minimizes the stress gravity places on the structure and provides the greatest efficiency.

    Maybe your ill-spent youth reading slashdot will come in handy one day. And maybe you will be found dead (by-pizza choking no less) with a smile on your face having solved the riddle no man can; 1/16th sized first edition starwars figurines arranged before you. Who knows, the net is vast and infinite.

    Yeah, that'll be the day, when this comes in handy. ha ha. I only use the large 1/8 sized doll-type (with cloth clothing) action figures, so your prediction of death shall not come to pass. Not exactly, anyway.

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  9. Re:Man this stories fucking boring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jean simply isn't powerful enough to lift the ship that quickly. It appears that creating a defensive shell (projecting force in a direction indiscriminately) is easier than levitating objects. Jean had to get out because projecting her power through a wall requires greater concentration. Simply exerting force in a direction is easy, but ensuring that force starts beyond the hull of the ship creates a greater strain, and reduces her ability to stop the tidal wave.

    Couldn't she have hopped up on the ship? You can't tell me lifting an object through directing a force under it is more difficult than redirecting the force of hundreds of tons of water. It won't wash. I doubt the Xmobile weighed more than a dam full of water.

    Iceman's story is different. He didn't create a wall of ice because he's a useless fag that will never come close to realizing the full potential of his powers. I wouldn't count on him to do anything more critical than filling an ice cube tray.

    Very true. Iceman is clearly a gay who shouldn't be trusted to do more than look after the X Academy tuck shop. But Iceman, Xaviar and Cyclops, working together might have combined their puny powers to take some of the pressure off of Grey.

    Now, if they were smart, they would've had Nightcrawler teleport them all to safety.

    There wasn't enough time. Now if Rogue had borrowed Night Crawlers powers so there was two of them, then they could have teleported them all away. Hell, she could have done the same with Grey. She could also have kissed Jean Grey so the two of them could both lift the ship, locked in a passionate embrace with tongues. Now that would be a shit hot ending.

  10. Re:Man this stories fucking boring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Troll? TROLL??

    Do any of you mods even know what it means? Do any of you total morons even know what insightful is? I used to think the moderation system was so fucked up because the majority of those with mod points were sheeplike LINUX:DOUBLEPLUSGOOD, WINDOWS:UNGOOD idiots but now I see I overestimated you. You don't even know the meaning of the terms that you use to moderate.

    I knew that the majority of users and hence moderators were US in origin, and I further knew that your lamentable education system produced a good crop of the half witted, but this is the living proof. Get educated before you moderate, you acephalous cretins.

    The only way the parent could possibly have been a troll was if you had watched "The Usual Suspects" and knew I was bullshitting. What, are you Bryan Singer himself? Did you just not understand the reference? If you did not, what the hell are you moderating the comment for? How can you accurately judge the worth of a post if you don't even understand it. Do us all a favour and check the "I do not wish to moderate" box under preferences. Alternatively, stick to "fp" moderations - you aren't sufficiently intelligent to moderate anything else.

  11. Re:At Lazt ... by /dev/trash · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    France? Has freedoms? Care to discuss Nazi's and the like on a french based website?