Hannover, Germany -- March 17, 2004 -- Xelerance Corporation, maintainers of
the popular open source Linux VPN package Openswan, have released version
2.1.1.
Openswan is the premier IPsec implementation for the Linux operating system.
It currently supports 2.2, 2.4 and the new 2.6 Linux kernels, providing a
single interface for system administrators to build powerful, secure and stable
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) on Linux.
New features in version 2.1.1 include NAT-Traversal, XAUTH and Virtual IP
support.
"The presence of NAT-Traversal in Openswan 2.1.1 is a key development," said
Michael Richardson, Vice President Research and Development at Xelerance
Corporation. "Being able to maintain links to my development environment, mail
servers and colleagues in a secure fashion, no matter which hotel I stay in is
critical. People still think we are out of IPv4 addresses, and haven't
deployed IPv6 - Openswan 2.1.1 lets me take a chunk of the Internet with me
wherever I go."
Xelerance Corporation performs nightly regression testing of all Openswan 2
features. "Now that Openswan 2.1.1 has both client and server support for
XAUTH, we can test it regularly. That means we can turn it on by
default in the future source releases." explains Mr. Richardson. "There
are lots of patches for FreeS/WAN, Super FreeS/WAN and the like out there.
But which ones work? By making sure that we don't include code we can't
test, we can assure users of Openswan 2 that they are getting the highest
quality, stable releases of the software."
The Virtual IP feature permits a road warrior to keep the same IP address
for their laptop regardless of whether they are on the road or in the
office.
IPsec is the IETF standard method for securing and encrypting traffic.
Openswan continues to provide both Virtual Private Network usage of IPsec,
Opportunistic Encryption usage of IPsec, and wireless security (WaveSEC)
usage of IPsec.
The Openswan product homepage is located at http://www.openswan.org
Source releases can be downloaded from this site.
Openswan supports all Linux architectures, including embedded systems.
For binary releases, contact your Linux vendor/provider.
About Xelerance
Xelerence Corporation is a team of experienced software developers,
network designers and consultants who are providing support, development
and network design services for secure, Linux based systems.
Xelerance Corporation provides third-level support for Openswan, Freeradius,
DNSSEC and DHCP. Xelerance's customers are systems integrators, VARs,
governments, and Linux distribution vendors.
Xelerance Corporation has offices in Ottawa and Toronto, Canada, Amsterdam,
NL and San Jose, CA, USA.
Contact information
Xelerance Corporation
470 Dawson Avenue
Ottawa, ON
K1Z 5V7
info@xelerance.com
http://www.xelerance.com/
http://www.openswan.org/
http://www.wavesec.org/
