[Openswan Users] Openswan on EC2 - Resolving IP confusions

[Paul Wouters]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2010, Piavlo wrote:

>> Its a virtual interface. I created with;
>>
>> ifconfig eth0:0 *10.5.5.5* netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 10.5.5.255
>
> I think you need to use real virtual device - use tap device.
> Not sure kernel can do ipsec routing correctly with interface alias.

The alias should work fine. No need for tap devices.

Paul