Matthew, can you provide links to the patches and surrounding discussion. It may just be a matter of integration manpower...
* Matthew Grooms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070511 08:08] wrote: > > All, > > I understand that FreeBSD is a volunteer project, but does anyone > have any information regarding the status of the IPsec NAT Traversal > patches and their inclusion with FeeBSD? I have seen them floating > around this list for a few years now. At one point, there was an > objection that concerned a possible legal issue related to patents. This > can't be too much of a road block as Linux, OpenBSD and NetBSD all > include support for NATT in official stable kernel sources. Fedora Core > 6 even has the feature enabled by default in the generic kernel. Another > objection I have seen was related to the patch only offering support for > the KAME stack. But the most recent patch set also offers support for > the Fast IPsec stack as well. > > Is the patch lacking sponsorship by a FreeBSD developer sponsor > since the author does not have commit access? Maybe a developer looking > at the patch is just short on time at the moment? If so, is there > another developer that could maybe help out? Is there a technical reason > why the patches have not been committed? If so, I don't think the > author is aware so a little communication is required? > > Lastly, is there anything the community can do to help out? Maybe > donating to a FreeBSD Foundation project that sponsors IPsec related > work? > > Thanks, > > -Matthew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- - Alfred Perlstein _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
