>>> - what happens with other IKEv2 implementations? >> >> That's the big question and the reason it is disabled by default (well, >> actually that old strongSwan version don't support it). It only works >> if the responder can handle this properly so you have to experiment. > > Do you mean that strongSwan version <5.3.0 cannot interoperate with > strongSwan version>=5.3.0 if make before break is enabled?
Yep (unless you use rekeying and not reauthentication). Regards, Tobias