Re: [IPsec] AD-VPN Protocol Selection

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Tue, 04 February 2014 15:39 UTC

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Harms, Patrick <Patrick.Harms@vwfs.com> wrote:
    >>>> Based on the theories (advpn draft and dmvpn) and real world
    >>>> experience (dmvpn), I would favor dmvpn, because the handling and
    >>>> operating sounds less complex. (eg. lower amount of steps in tunnel
    >>>> initiation, single logical interface for tunnel termination etc.)

    >>> Do you care about mobile (handheld) devices?

Yoav> Hey, those are higher-specced than the dual-pentium III at 800MHz with
Yoav> 512 MB or RAM that we were selling as a high-end gateway when I
Yoav> started working at Check Point :-)

Yoav, your statement is nonsense.
It tells me that you have done no mobile development at all.
I have.  I've done IPsec on them too.

It's not about the amount of ram that they, or the speed of the device.
It about the access to the kernel.

Tell me, if I had you a corporate laptop computer (any specs you like), for
you which you can not install any device drivers or do anything as root or
"administrator", can you install your VPN software?   

Now, if I give you just enough root so that you can have a PF_KEY socket, can
you make something work?

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works