Openswan

Openswan

Stable release	2.6.49 / August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)^[1]
Operating system	Linux, FreeBSD
Type	IPsec
License	GNU General Public License
Website	openswan.org

In the field of computer security, Openswan provides a complete IPsec implementation for Linux 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.

Openswan, begun as a fork of the now-defunct FreeS/WAN project, continues to use the GNU General Public License. Unlike the FreeS/WAN project, it does not exclusively target the GNU/Linux operating system.

Libreswan forked from Openswan in 2012.

External links

Openswan website
Openswan on GitHub

References

↑ v2.6.49 on GitHub

Virtual private networking

Communications protocol	SSTP IPsec L2TP L2TPv3 PPTP Split tunneling SSL/TLS (Opportunistic: tcpcrypt)

Free software	Cloudvpn FreeS/WAN Libreswan n2n OpenConnect OpenIKED Openswan OpenVPN Social VPN SoftEther VPN strongSwan tcpcrypt tinc VTun

Vendor-driven protocols	Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol DirectAccess

Proprietary software	Avast SecureLine Check Point VPN-1 Cisco Systems VPN Client Hamachi Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway

Risk Vectors	Content-control software Deep content inspection Deep packet inspection IP address blocking Network enumeration Stateful firewall TCP Reset VPN blocking

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