[OpenSWAN dev] New to FreeSwan

Wisam Wageh wisam_wageh at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 17 06:51:39 CET 2003


Thanks Ken, I will try it directly. 
One more question, I have Redhat 9 - kernel 2.4.20-8 .
does this code compile on it ? or do i need any
patching for it ?

Thanks
Wisam


--- Ken Bantoft <ken at xelerance.com> wrote:
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> Since you indicated you need to look at
> port/protocol selectors, you'll 
> need to skip FreeS/WAN (as it doesn't support them),
> and use Openswan.  
> The cleanest version of the code is currently @
> 
> http://www.openswan.org/code
> 
> Get the openswan-2.0.0dr1.tar.gz file, and that's
> all you need.
> 
> All of the code is in there.  To get you started,
> Kernel bits are in 
> linux/net/ipsec/, and userland bits for negotiations
> are in 
> programs/pluto/
> 
> 
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Wisam Wageh wrote:
> 
> > Hi ,
> > I am new to freeSwan. I have a question which may
> be
> > naive to many of you, but excuse being a starter
> :)
> > I need to know where to get the source code for
> > FreeSwan. I download many things from the ftp site
> > under the development branch.
> > 
> >
> ftp://ftp.xs4all.nl/pub/crypto/freeswan/development/
> > 
> > but i really don't know where is the source code
> files
> > and how they are organized. 
> > 
> > I am preparing a masters degree and i will be
> using
> > FreeSwan for the IPsec part. If it may help i am
> > supposed to study the implementation of the SPD ,
> SAD
> > and selectors used with them. Also how those
> selectors
> > are extracted from the IP Packet. 
> > 
> > I can't reach the source files that do these
> > functionality. So i will be thankfull for those
> who
> > develop pathches and know the hierarchy of the
> code
> > tree to help me find my way through it. 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > Wisam
> 
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