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Re: Gutmann Soundwave Therapy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Feb 1 09:26:48 2008
To: "Sandy Harris" <sandyinchina@gmail.com>
Cc: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:24:10 -0500
In-Reply-To: <c5528eee0801312251i4ddec5d5v4aea1e7713fd010@mail.gmail.com> (Sandy Harris's message of "Fri\, 1 Feb 2008 14\:51\:36 +0800")
"Sandy Harris" <sandyinchina@gmail.com> writes:
> What I don't understand is why you think tinc is necessary,
> or even worth the trouble.
>
> IPsec is readily available -- built into Windows, Mac OS
> and various routers, and with implementations for Linux
> and all the *BSDs -- has had quite a bit of expert
> security analysis, and handles VPNs just fine.
>
> Does tinc do something that IPsec cannot?
I use a VPN system other than IPSec on a regular basis. The reason is
simple: it is easy to configure for my application and my OS native
IPsec tools are very difficult to configure.
There is a lesson in this, I think.
Perry
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