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[Openswan|http://www.openswan.org/] is an OpenSource implementation of [IPSec] for the [Linux] operating system. Is it a code fork of the FreeSwan project, started by a few of the developers who were growing frustrated with the politics surrounding FreeS/WAN. (Openswan has no subsequent capital letters and no slash). |
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With the ending of the FreeSwan project (their deciding that OpportunisticEncryption wasn't happening in a hurry), OpenSwan is the defacto FreeS/WAN replacement. There is also another fork called StrongSwan, focusing on PKI and certificates/policies; see the StrongSwan page for a comparison chart between the two. |
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It is developed by a company called [Xelerance|http://www.xelerance.com/] formed for the purpose, and sponsored by [Novell] among others. |
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Openswan supports both the [26sec] and [KLIPS] [IPSec] implementations. |
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* [Openswan Book from the developers of Openswan |http://www.packtpub.com/openswan/book] |
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