[Openswan Users] Compression with Linux kernel 2.6

[Herbert Xu]

Phillip T. George <phillip at eacsi.com> wrote:
> This information was pulled from:
> http://www.openswan.org/docs/local/README.Kernel26
> 
> "
> * compression seems to be incompatible between KLIPS and the 2.6 ipsec 
> code. Since we believe the 2.6 ipsec code is wrong, we cannot fix this. 
> If you get a successful IKE negotiation and can send ESP packets, but 
> never get replies, compile KLIPS without CONFIG_IPSEC_IPCOMP. There is 
> currently no runtime switch to disable compression. Note that setting 
> compress=no is not enough; it just means we do not announce compression, 
> but we'll still do it if the other end requests it.
> "

> So the question is, as stated above: Is there a work around or a direct 
> fix on getting compression to work with kernel version 2.6?

Just ignore it, it's totally wrong.

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