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Re: IPSEC LINUX SERVER

To: "Guillaume Le Malet" <glemalet@rennes.artful.net>
Subject: Re: IPSEC LINUX SERVER
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu>
Date: 03 Jul 2001 10:50:29 -0400
Cc: <ipsec@lists.tislabs.com>
In-Reply-To: "Guillaume Le Malet"'s message of "Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:31:27 +0200"
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"Guillaume Le Malet" <glemalet@rennes.artful.net> writes:

> Hi,
> I would like to know if freeS/wan is a client/server Ipsec system or =
> simply a client system.
> I'm also interested in other linux ipsec server solution.
> 
> Thx
> 
> Guillaume   =20

IPSec is, by definition, Peer-to-peer.  There is no concept within
IPSec of a 'client' or 'server'.  There is 'initiator' and 'responder'.
And yes, FreeS/WAN can both initiate and respond.

-derek

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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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