Bug#217838: ITP: vpnc -- Free Cisco compatible VPN client
Re: Joe Drew in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Description : Free VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN > > > > > > s/Free// - this is implied by its placement in Debian. > > > > I see "beeing Free" as a feature in this case. The alternative is > > Cisco's vpnclient which is not freely available, not binary compatible > > to any other plattform than i386 (on Linux). Unfreenes makes people > > extremely unhappy in this case. > > Yes, but this is Debian, after all. It's not included in Debian unless > it's Free. I have to agree with Eduard here. Being free is what distinguishes vpnc from Cisco's vpnclient. I could imagine that many people would use "free" as search keyword when seeking non-Cisco alternatives. Christoph -- Christoph Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.df7cb.de/ Wohnheim D, 2405, Universität des Saarlandes, 0681/9657944 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#217838: ITP: vpnc -- Free Cisco compatible VPN client
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Eduard, I have been looking for a piece of software to do this for a long time. What is the state of the code now? Does it work? I would like to contribute in any way possible, as I despise the binary/closed Cisco client for linux. If you're looking for a co-maintainer, additional developer, another set of eyes, or even an english proofreader just ask! I tried looking for vpnc, both on the uni-karsruhe.de site and on alioth but cannot find it -- only the old one on savannah. Can you point me in the correct direction? Thanks, Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - I was looking at the old fork on savannah, and yesterday someone submitted a few patches for new features. Maybe when this is set up on alioth we can incorporate them and point the user towards our project. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/naTAKl23+OYWEqURAmvsAJ9EbTMbUWjIXcVIa/Vd1M5vaV3tXACdFswd fwVb+X5T4DwUpiM1yOb5tw4= =5uhx -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Bug#217838: ITP: vpnc -- Free Cisco compatible VPN client
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 16:25, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Joe Drew [Mon, Oct 27 2003, 03:58:32PM]: > > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 13:20, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > Description : Free VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN > > > > s/Free// - this is implied by its placement in Debian. > > I see "beeing Free" as a feature in this case. The alternative is > Cisco's vpnclient which is not freely available, not binary compatible > to any other plattform than i386 (on Linux). Unfreenes makes people > extremely unhappy in this case. Yes, but this is Debian, after all. It's not included in Debian unless it's Free. -- Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My weblog doesn't detail my personal life: http://me.woot.net
Bug#217838: ITP: vpnc -- Free Cisco compatible VPN client
#include * Joe Drew [Mon, Oct 27 2003, 03:58:32PM]: > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 13:20, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > Description : Free VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN > > s/Free// - this is implied by its placement in Debian. I see "beeing Free" as a feature in this case. The alternative is Cisco's vpnclient which is not freely available, not binary compatible to any other plattform than i386 (on Linux). Unfreenes makes people extremely unhappy in this case. > >A VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN equipment. > > "vpnc is a ..." - because the long description might not have all the > context of the short description, i.e. have the package name right > there. Okay. > > Supports IPSec > >with Xauth, 3DES, MD5, PFS, SHA1 and IP tunneling. > > "It supports ..." Okay. The whole description and the debconf template will be sent to debian-i10n-english for proof-reading anyways. > This sentence is sort of scattered. I see encryption, authentication, > hashing and methods of establishing connections. You might want to split > each out and say a bit more about each. I will do, I discussing this with upstream right now. > >It runs entirely in userspace and uses the TUN/TAP driver for access. > > s/and/but/, perhaps? No. It runs in userspace and interacts with network layer trough the TUN/TAP driver. MfG, Eduard. -- Der Schuldirektor ruft Fritzchen herbei. "Da sind Farbe und Pinsel, geh mal die Fenster streichen." Eine halbe Stunde später kommt Fritzchen zurück. "Soll ich auch die Rahmen streichen?"
Bug#217838: ITP: vpnc -- Free Cisco compatible VPN client
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 13:20, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Description : Free VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN s/Free// - this is implied by its placement in Debian. >A VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN equipment. "vpnc is a ..." - because the long description might not have all the context of the short description, i.e. have the package name right there. > Supports IPSec >with Xauth, 3DES, MD5, PFS, SHA1 and IP tunneling. "It supports ..." This sentence is sort of scattered. I see encryption, authentication, hashing and methods of establishing connections. You might want to split each out and say a bit more about each. >It runs entirely in userspace and uses the TUN/TAP driver for access. s/and/but/, perhaps? -- Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My weblog doesn't detail my personal life: http://me.woot.net
Bug#217838: ITP: vpnc -- Free Cisco compatible VPN client
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: vpnc Version : 0.2-zomb+rm-pre4 Upstream Author : Maurice Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : Originaly from http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/ , moving to alioth soon * License : GPL Description : Free VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN A VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN equipment. Supports IPSec with Xauth, 3DES, MD5, PFS, SHA1 and IP tunneling. It runs entirely in userspace and uses the TUN/TAP driver for access. PS: It is not the weird fork from http://savannah.nongnu.org which is apparently no longer maintained. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.23-pre2 #1 Mi Sep 3 16:09:39 CEST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
