[Openswan Users] Maximum Subnets

Simon Deziel simon at xelerance.com
Wed Nov 13 11:10:40 UTC 2013


Hi Ramkumar,

On 13-11-13 03:33 AM, ram kumar wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>             Can any one tell the maximum number of subnets supported by
> openswan in the leftsubnets and rightsubnets.
> 
> eg in ipsec.conf file
> 
> rightsubnets={10.5.0.0/24 <http://10.5.0.0/24> 10.8.0.0/24
> <http://10.8.0.0/24>  10.9.0.0/24 <http://10.9.0.0/24> .....}  How many
> can we keep on adding like this...Is there any limit for this.

I'm not aware of a limit imposed by the code but keep in mind that the
more subnets you define, the more tunnels are created. When possible, I
recommend merging net ranges by using a wider netmask.

Regards,
Simon


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