On FreeBSD, you need to rebuild the kernel (and partial world) to enable/use IPSEC.
By default FreeBSD doesn`t support IPSEC, and enable it turn freebsd-update useless 2013/10/30 Marian Hettwer <m...@kernel32.de> > For FreeBSD: stay on -RELEASE and use freebsd-update(8) > Nowadays no need to build world. > > -- > sent via my mobile C64 > > > Am 30.10.2013 um 03:44 schrieb David Noel <david.i.n...@gmail.com>: > > > > I started playing around with FreeBSD back in the 2.2.7 days. I'd > > describe myself as a casual desktop/workstation user. Back in the day > > I was attracted to OpenBSD's heavy focus on security but was pulled > > towards FreeBSD due to a good friend of mine being a FreeBSD > > contributor ("dude, trust me, it's the way to go"). Recently I've > > purchased a handful of servers for a software project I've been > > working on and have started reconsidering my choice of OS's. > > Administering a single FreeBSD workstation isn't too much of a > > headache; I've kind of gotten used to having to rebuild kernel and > > world every few months as security advisories are released. But now > > that I'm administering 6 of them I'm really starting to get annoyed by > > the whole process: rebuild kernel... rebuild world... reboot, and then > > pray that it doesn't blow up in my face (as it often does). That got > > me thinking about OpenBSD. Looking at the security advisories the last > > one I see was from nearly a year and a half ago! That's pretty > > incredible to me. Does this mean that I could theoretically have > > gotten away with a year and a half uptime? What's the catch here? I'm > > sorry but I'm incredulous by how good it sounds so I have to ask. For > > me the biggest selling points of an operating system are security and > > maintenance. I've been wowed by ZFS, but really how often do > > filesystems need to be fsck'd? --and I never take snapshots. I feel > > like I could do without it. UFS+J is good enough. Given my priorities, > > does it sound like OpenBSD could be the one for me?