[strongSwan] Using TAP interface for strongswan

[Ccf Cloud]

Hi Nole,

I understand this. Now what I'm asking is does strongswan like it's
predecessor supports L2TP? If yes, how?


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Noel Kuntze <noel at familie-kuntze.de> wrote:

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> Hello Sam,
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> IPsec is a layer 3 VPN, hence strongSwan works on layer 3. If you want to
> bridge on layer 2, you need to use l2tp inside the tunnel or other software
> that can tunnel layer 2.
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> Regards
> Noel Kuntze
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> On 18.11.2013 13:43, Ccf Cloud wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to use TAP interface instead of TUN for establishing end
> to end tunnel using strongSwan. My problem is this:
> >
> > I want to bridge the tunnel interface with some other existing
> interface. Now since tun is an IP layer PPP link, I cannot
> > add it to the bridge interface. However, having a TAP interface works
> well with the bridge.
> >
> >
> > Any help in this regard will be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > --Regards
> >   SAM
> >
> >
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--Regards
  SAM
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