[Openswan Users] Openswan 2.6.14 installation

[Paul Wouters]

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Toby Chamberlain wrote:

> I'm not sure if Paul & Team are still monitoring this list - they haven't
> replied to anything for at least the last 10 days or so (unless they're
> answering off-list and just didn't answer mine)... perhaps they're on
> holiday, or maybe they've just answered all the questions a hundred times
> before...

We are extremely busy. newbie questions are definately left for others to
answer right now. Some other items I put on my stack.

> As for your problem, you need to decide if you want Opportunistic Encryption
> or not (if you don't know what it is, then it's probably safe to say not).
> If you want it, you will need to get a public IP. If you don't want it you
> need to add something like:

That's right. Or on openswan-2.6.x, you can use "oe=off"

Paul

> conn block
>    auto=ignore
>
> conn private
>    auto=ignore
>
> conn private-or-clear
>    auto=ignore
>
> conn clear-or-private
>    auto=ignore
>
> conn clear
>    auto=ignore
>
> conn packetdefault
>    auto=ignore
>
> to your ipsec.conf file
>
> Toby
>
>>
>> Dear Paul & Team,
>>
>> I am trying to install openswan 2.6.14 on oracle enterprise linux
>>
>> I am getting the following error.
>>
>>
>> Opportunistic Encryption DNS checks:
>>   Looking for TXT in forward dns zone: rtavpnt.rtalinux.com
>>        [MISSING]
>>   Does the machine have at least one non-private address?      [FAILED]
>>
>> Kindly let me know what has to be done.
>>
>> It would be great if you could give an installation step by step procedure
>> for first time users.
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Sunil
>>
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