(usagi-users 00371) Re: IPSec for IPv6 on Linux available

[Kauznori Miyazawa <Kazunori_Miyazawa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:16:00 +0100
Remco van de Meent <remco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yuji Sekiya wrote:
> > > we like to announce the availability of the first IPSec
> > > implementation for IPv6 running on Linux.
> > 
> > Thanks for your announcement !
> > We will read your codes.
> > 
> > BTW, We also have a plan to implement IPsec for IPv6 which is independent
> > from FreeS/WAN. 
>  
> May I gently ask you why you want to do you own version of ip6sec
> instead of trying to combine efforts?
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Remco
> 


Hello.

FreeS/WAN's design uses a IPsec virtual interface, which is called BITS.

But we don't think it fit for IPv6. 
The reasons are 
- IPsec is a standard function of IPv6. And it should implement in IPv6 protocol stack.
- If we adopt virtual interface desing, we have to implement IPv6 protocol stack in 
  IP layer and virtual interface.

So we independently implement as Sekiya said.

-- Kazunori Miyazawa