anaconda help RFE and other Fedora developmental queries

Neal D. Becker ndbecker2 at verizon.net
Fri Apr 2 13:02:58 UTC 2004


Matt H wrote:

> Hi guys
> 
> I have a few items I'd like to mention:
> 
[...]

> * Within the system-config-network tool, it is now possible to set up
> IPSEC VPN links. ( great!) However, the /usr/bin/internet-druid tools
> still lists a wizard for setting up CIPE tunnels. Further, it even fails
> mentioning that package "cipe" is needed to continue with the setup.
> Now, clearly, this is a hold-over of previous OS releases and as such
> should be removed from this Internet Config Tool should it not? (esp.
> since Red Hat have explained its dropping of the package from the
> distribution due to insecurity issues; see recent discussion on the
> fedora-test-list)
> On that note, would it not be reasonable to replace this CIPE wizard
> with the IPSEC one?

It would be great to add openvpn as well.  This is much simpler to setup and
admin than ipsec.  IMHO, openvpn should be preferred and ipsec only used
where necessary for interoperability.






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