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I'm doing a mock-up test on a Red Hat linux server. Trying to install the ipsec-tools package (racoon). When I went to the repositories via yum update, I didn't see the package as one of the ones listed. Then doing a yum update ipsec-tools or a yum update racoon, I get nothing. Is it possible the repositories don't have this package??
So if this doesn't work this way, then I need instructions on how to manually download and install it. I'm doing this from a remote login.
So if this doesn't work this way, then I need instructions on how to manually download and install it. I'm doing this from a remote login.
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Actually I think now it is...
# uname -r
2.6.32-131.4.1.el6.x86_64
So does that mean I should be downloading ipsec-tools-0.8.0-1.el5.pp
So again what is my correct wget syntax to download that?
# uname -r
2.6.32-131.4.1.el6.x86_64
So does that mean I should be downloading ipsec-tools-0.8.0-1.el5.pp
So again what is my correct wget syntax to download that?
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Only because I have never used Openswan before. Only Ipsec-tools.
So I do have another server I may get my hand on, a RHEL 5.6 (Tikanga). I can either use that if I get it, or learn Openswan.
What is the downside of loading a RHEL 5 package on a RHEL 6? Would it affect the whole system? Or just the RHEL 5 package?
So I do have another server I may get my hand on, a RHEL 5.6 (Tikanga). I can either use that if I get it, or learn Openswan.
What is the downside of loading a RHEL 5 package on a RHEL 6? Would it affect the whole system? Or just the RHEL 5 package?
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The best that can happen is that the software cant work.
The worst is that it installs an old library wrecking your system or part of it.
The worst is that it installs an old library wrecking your system or part of it.
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OK , one last thing before I move on to the next item.
How do I know that my linux distribution supports NAT Traversal (NAT-T). I know there are components of the ipsec-tools and openswan ipsec packages that do NAT-T, but how do I know the the kernel itself can process NAT-T. I saw somewhere that you can look in the kernel tree and look at the net/key/af_key.c file. I think I looked in the right place but maybe not and I can't find it. How do I find it, and once I do find it, what do I look for in it?
How do I know that my linux distribution supports NAT Traversal (NAT-T). I know there are components of the ipsec-tools and openswan ipsec packages that do NAT-T, but how do I know the the kernel itself can process NAT-T. I saw somewhere that you can look in the kernel tree and look at the net/key/af_key.c file. I think I looked in the right place but maybe not and I can't find it. How do I find it, and once I do find it, what do I look for in it?
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Thank you
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The location you gave me was for RHEL 5. Is that OK to download the file from there?
Also I'm having trouble with the syntax. What would be my exact wget command to download the ipsec-tools-0.8.0-2.fc16.i