[linux-security] Re: IP Security for Linux (IPSec)

[M Taylor <mctaylor mta ca>]

At 01:02 PM 8/5/98 -0600, seifried wrote:
>What is the status of IPSec for Linux (and more specifically RedHat)?
>
>Does RedHat have any official word on this? I know including IPSec
>would be a pain in the butt, being that they are in the US (OpenBSD
>moved their official head end distribution site to the local university, 

Try impossible. RedHat would not be able to export RedHat IPSec from
US/Canada, without a license, which US Dept of Commerce BXA doesn't grant
unless you're a bank (basicly).

But you could expect a rpm from replay.com. :)

The OpenBSD project is based out of Canada, and so is not encumbered by the
US's export laws.

I'm surprised at the lack of excitement over IPSec for Linux, back when I
first read (circa '96) John Gilmore's swan page I figured within a year it
would be in common usage.

-mctaylor