RCSID $Id: Documentation.Configure.help,v 1.10 2002/01/28 20:03:12 mcr Exp $ --- ./Documentation/Configure.help.preipsec Sat Aug 28 02:16:15 1999 +++ ./Documentation/Configure.help Sat Aug 28 02:24:58 1999 @@ -3530,6 +3530,59 @@ This is a backward compatibility option, choose Y for now. This option will be removed soon. +IP Security Protocol (IPSEC) (EXPERIMENTAL) +CONFIG_IPSEC + This unit is experimental code. + Pick 'y' for static linking, 'm' for module support or 'n' for none. + This option adds support for network layer packet encryption and/or + authentication with participating hosts. The standards start with: + RFCs 2411, 2407 and 2401. Others are mentioned where they refer to + specific features below. There are more pending which can be found + at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-*. + A description of each document can also be found at: + http://ietf.org/ids.by.wg/ipsec.html. + Their charter can be found at: + http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ipsec-charter.html + Snapshots and releases of the current work can be found at: + http://www.freeswan.org/ + +IPSEC: IP-in-IP encapsulation +CONFIG_IPSEC_IPIP + This option provides support for tunnel mode IPSEC. It is recommended + to enable this. + +IPSEC: Authentication Header +CONFIG_IPSEC_AH + This option provides support for the IPSEC Authentication Header + (IP protocol 51) which provides packet layer sender and content + authentication. It is recommended to enable this. RFC2402 + +HMAC-MD5 algorithm +CONFIG_IPSEC_AUTH_HMAC_MD5 + Provides support for authentication using the HMAC MD5 + algorithm with 96 bits of hash used as the authenticator. RFC2403 + +HMAC-SHA1 algorithm +CONFIG_IPSEC_AUTH_HMAC_SHA1 + Provides support for Authentication Header using the HMAC SHA1 + algorithm with 96 bits of hash used as the authenticator. RFC2404 + +IPSEC: Encapsulating Security Payload +CONFIG_IPSEC_ESP + This option provides support for the IPSEC Encapsulation Security + Payload (IP protocol 50) which provides packet layer content + hiding. It is recommended to enable this. RFC2406 + +3DES algorithm +CONFIG_IPSEC_ENC_3DES + Provides support for Encapsulation Security Payload protocol, using + the triple DES encryption algorithm. RFC2451 + +IPSEC Debugging Option +CONFIG_IPSEC_DEBUG + Enables IPSEC kernel debugging. It is further controlled by the + user space utility 'klipsdebug'. + +IPSEC Regression Testing option +CONFIG_IPSEC_REGRESS + Enables IPSEC regression testing. Creates a number of switches in + /proc/sys/net/ipsec which cause various failure modes in KLIPS. + For more details see FreeSWAN source under + testing/doc/regression_options.txt. + SCSI support? CONFIG_SCSI If you want to use a SCSI hard disk, SCSI tape drive, SCSI CDROM or