Hi, Mike suggested I introduce myself a while back, but I've been sorta busy and haven't got to it! Anyway, I'm not a true developer in that I don't have the first clue about writing code. But I do like to mess about and break things and usually learn from putting them back together.
My main interests relate to LEAF with wireless and LEAF with IPSec. And combinations of same. I've been running several FreeS/WAN 1.5 tunnels with the tried and true Eiger distro for a year and a half or so. Very solid. A few months later I reworked Eiger to get a Breezecom FHSS card working as the WAN interface connecting to an ISP. That got the ISP interested as they then had the ability to compete with the Big Boys and their router/firewall/masq solutions. I like seeing how this stuff has extended the life of the small 'ma and pa' ISP! Recently I've been interested in adding wireless into the mix on the LAN side and have been working with Bering, as Shorewall seemed to be the easiest way to mix and match multiple interfaces. One thing leads to another and I now have single floppy images of Bering RC2 with wireless support for Orinoco and Breezecom, including dhcpd, dnscache, sshd-1 (yeah, I know, but it's small...). Both images are set up for wireless on the WAN side. At some point I suppose I'll post them somewhere in case others want to save a few minutes configuring. I'm very interested in exploring wisp-dist next, have created the CF card and just need the time to tinker. Enough about all that... I have a question! Has anyone looked at patching the FreeS/WAN package to support AES? From bits and pieces I've caught on the FreeS/WAN list, it sounds like there is a patch available and that AES is significantly easier on CPU horsepower. Given that many LEAF boxes are escapees from the trash compactor queue, it seems to me a logical step to add this support and thus bump the throughput capability of the tunnels. Not a big issue for the WAN side, as upload speeds are typically 512kbps or less on most DSL and Cable connections, but if someone wanted to encrypt his LAN wireless transmissions, this would be important... Thanks, R Brock Nanson Kamloops BC Canada ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
