[Openswan Users] 2 or more virtual interfaces defined to 1 physical interface

[Paul Wouters]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Jennifer Agarwal wrote:

> Paul, and Lawrence,
>  
> Thank you for your replies.  
>  
> Will Openswan be able to support the 2 or more virtual interfaces to 1 physical interface in the future?

Nope.

Again, if you use IPsec/L2TP you get a pppX device per tunnel.

> Would such a change violate the IPsec protocol or how it was intended to be used?  

It was intended only to be able to send/receive packets, not for anything else.

Paul