On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 08:51:55PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: [NAT-T, IPR, etc....] > > More infos about that may be get from Emmanuel Dreyfus, a NetBSD > > developper and a member of the ipsec-tools team, which made the NetBSD > > NAT-T support, and told me a few month ago that NetBSD lawyers were > > looking at that potential IPR issue. > > do you have more info about this?
Ok, I have more informations about what have been done for NetBSD: There are known patents which may covert some parts of NAT-T, but those patents are very unclear, and it is very difficult to see if they really cover some parts of the NAT-T process, and it is still more unclear if they are valid. So, the solution choosen for NetBSD is the same as for ipsec-tools: it is enabled by an option, and it is specified in the documentation that "some parts of this code may be patent encumbered in some countries". I also asked a few months ago what have changed for OpenBSD (they told some years ago that they woudn't implement NAT-T until no all potential IPR problems were solved, then they implemented NAT-T), but had no real answer. Yvan. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"