[strongSwan] ANNOUNCE: strongSwan packages for Maemo (Nokia N900)

[Martin Lambev]

I want to thank you for that wonderful gift! A long wanted feature :)

I'll test the package and give feed back.

Is it fine to write bug reports here or else?

I tested initial package v.4.5.0-*rc.. but had some problems with 
strongswan-applet ( after reboot, was blocking normal load and work of 
hildon-desktop, only way to uninstall it was to start terminal with hw 
keyboard and deinstall strongswan-applet, and reboot ) still ipsec was 
working fine, but all attempt to establish connection failed. I did not 
have time to dig in to the problem, but will upload now the new package 
and test again...

Great work!

Martin


On 02/12/2011 08:37 PM, Tobias Brunner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> despite the recent news about Nokia's plans to partner with Microsoft,
> we are happy to announce that packages for strongSwan 4.5.1 are now
> available in the maemo.org Extras repository, which provides software
> for Maemo based devices such as the Nokia N900.
>
> Package: strongswan-applet [1]
> ------------------------------
>
>    This package provides a settings applet and a status bar widget which
>    allow to easily configure and control IKEv2 connections with EAP
>    authentication (username/password).
>
> Package: strongswan [2]
> -----------------------
>
>    This package contains the key exchange daemons, starter and the ipsec
>    script for use on the mobile device.  To configure strongSwan via
>    /etc/ipsec.conf the 'rootsh' package is required to gain root access.
>
> You'll find more information about both packages on our wiki [3].
>
> Because strongSwan depends on the native IPsec implementation of the
> Linux kernel, the enhanced 'Kernel Power' [4] kernel is required, which
> provides the required modules disabled in the default kernel.
>
> Both packages are currently available in the Extras-testing [5]
> repository.  So, in order for them to become available in the main
> Extras repository, we'd like to invite fellow Nokia N900 owners to test
> the two packages and vote for them accordingly on the respective
> maemo.org pages ([1], [2]).  Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards
>
> Tobias Brunner, Martin Willi&  Andreas Steffen
>
> The strongSwan Team
>
> [1]http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/strongswan-applet/1.0.1-2/
> [2]http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/strongswan/4.5.1-1/
> [3]http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Maemo
> [4]http://wiki.maemo.org/Kernel_Power
> [5]http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing
>
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