[strongSwan] Network Manager or alternatives?

[Daniel Pocock]

I'm just following up on this again - there may be a possibility that
somebody can contribute something like this back to the project. 
However, I really need to understand the status quo and whether anybody
else is working on this already.



On 11/10/13 13:19, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> Hi, I'm just wondering if anybody has any comments on this?
>
>
> On 05/10/13 18:20, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> I had a look at the NetworkManager plugin, it seems a bit limited for
>> two reasons:
>>
>> a) no IPv6 in the GUI
>>
>> b) it doesn't appear to allow the user to control the connections
>> already defined in /etc/ipsec.conf
>>
>> Can anybody comment on alternatives or on the future of this plugin,
>> e.g. are there any enhancements already in active development?
>>
>> I have StrongSWAN working well with /etc/ipsec.conf but it would be
>> really useful to allow the users to see their own IPsec status and maybe
>> manually stop or start the connection
>>
>> I prefer to keep all the config in /etc/ipsec.conf so that the machine
>> will connect to the VPN on boot even if the user is not logged in
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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