[CentOS] Centos6 ipsec troubles

[Leon Fauster]

Am 04.03.2013 um 17:41 schrieb Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com>:
> On 03/04/2013 10:45 AM, Riccardo Veraldi wrote:
>> Hello,
>> it looks like the usual way to do ipsec on centos5 won't work anymore on
>> centos6
>> 
>> I installed ipsec-tools but an interface type IPsec is not recognized by
>> the kernel
>> 
>> ifup ipsec0
>> Device does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
>> 
>> 
>> I am not planning to use the awful OpenSwan, I Want to sue the Kame
>> implementation which was working fine on CentOS5
>> 
>> any hints ?
>> 
>> thank you
>> 
>> Rick
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> Hmm...
> 
> I have been using ipsec-tools on linux for a long time and was never had it create and ipsec0 device.
> 
> Only when I was using FreeSwan years ago, did I see and ipsec device.



this is specific to rhel5 - they have /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipsec for that. 

in rhel6 this possibility was replaced 

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Migration_Planning_Guide/sect-Migration_Guide-Package_Changes-Other_Package_Changes.html

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