Steve Swasey is a disconnected bastard. "Most people" can't afford a fucking latte. And like lattes, Netflix is a luxury that "most people" can live a completely full and satisfying life without. So. The bottom line is this: A sudden 60% price hike is a bad idea for any product or service in any industry, especially when it's common knowledge that your company is profitable and profits are up under existing pricing.
Not sure what the big deal is... I installed it, rebooted, disabled the Windows firewall in Security Center and all is golden.
But since I use Firefox and Novell Client Firewall, I am probably avoiding most of the issues that have caused others problems.
I think the issue is what is currently pervasive in corporate environments. Remember, we're talking about Novell here, a company that claims 80% of the Fortune 100, and like I said in a previous post, probably IBM in the background, a company with even more of the Global 2000. Those kinds of companies are using IPsec from Cisco, Check Point, Nortel, etc...
With those hardware companies moving to Linux as a platform (CyberGuard, BorderWare, Stonesoft, Astaro and others already there -- many more moving), this is a good move for Novell to make SuSE Linux more attractive to those guys.
A complete VPN solution is more than just an IPsec module (Kame) or an IKE module (Racoon). So it's not a question of Openswan vs. 2.6 kernel IPsec. Openswan moves up the stack with added functionality and intends to continue doing so. And it can use either the FreeS/WAN IPsec engine (which is being carried forward for use on pre-Linux 2.6 machines) *or* the 2.6 kernel IPsec (Kame).
(Btw, the 2.6 kernel hasn't exactly been official "for some time now" -- even SuSE is just now shipping it in their 9.1 release.)
In fact, with Novell now involved in Openswan (which means IBM is likely involved as well but less publicly), we will probably see Openswan work with IPsec hardware too (IBM makes some).
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Steve Swasey is a disconnected bastard. "Most people" can't afford a fucking latte. And like lattes, Netflix is a luxury that "most people" can live a completely full and satisfying life without. So. The bottom line is this: A sudden 60% price hike is a bad idea for any product or service in any industry, especially when it's common knowledge that your company is profitable and profits are up under existing pricing.
Sorry, Steve. I have it on good authority that this is also in their roadmap.
Not sure what the big deal is... I installed it, rebooted, disabled the Windows firewall in Security Center and all is golden. But since I use Firefox and Novell Client Firewall, I am probably avoiding most of the issues that have caused others problems.
I think the issue is what is currently pervasive in corporate environments. Remember, we're talking about Novell here, a company that claims 80% of the Fortune 100, and like I said in a previous post, probably IBM in the background, a company with even more of the Global 2000. Those kinds of companies are using IPsec from Cisco, Check Point, Nortel, etc...
With those hardware companies moving to Linux as a platform (CyberGuard, BorderWare, Stonesoft, Astaro and others already there -- many more moving), this is a good move for Novell to make SuSE Linux more attractive to those guys.
A complete VPN solution is more than just an IPsec module (Kame) or an IKE module (Racoon). So it's not a question of Openswan vs. 2.6 kernel IPsec. Openswan moves up the stack with added functionality and intends to continue doing so. And it can use either the FreeS/WAN IPsec engine (which is being carried forward for use on pre-Linux 2.6 machines) *or* the 2.6 kernel IPsec (Kame).
(Btw, the 2.6 kernel hasn't exactly been official "for some time now" -- even SuSE is just now shipping it in their 9.1 release.)
In fact, with Novell now involved in Openswan (which means IBM is likely involved as well but less publicly), we will probably see Openswan work with IPsec hardware too (IBM makes some).