On Apr 1, 2004, Steve Bergman <steve(a)rueb.com> wrote:
1. Is there anyone else here who would be interested in a cipe
implementation from fedora.us? Or would I be doing it mainly for
myself?
I, for one, definitely would. There are application requirements I
have for my home network set up that IPSec doesn't seem to be able to
satisfy.
2. Would it just be a matter of maintaining the module(s) as an rpm
throughout the FC2 life cycle. i.e. I would not have to mess with the
rest of the kernel?
Maintaining kernel modules outside the kernel RPM is generally a mess,
but it probably can be done with some effort.
3. Would someone like me, who has never maintained an rpm package be
likely to succeed at this and have it accepted at fedora.us? The 2.6
fedora kernel is not nearly so heavily patched as the old 2.4 kernel
was, so if someone has already come up with a cipe kernel patch, this
should mainly be a matter of packaging and maintenance on my part,
right?
One would hope :-)
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