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Install this package:

emerge -a net-vpn/strongswan

Package Information

Description:
StrongSwan is direct descendant of the discontinued FreeS/WAN project. As an IPsec based VPN solution which is focused on security and ease of use, it fully implements the IKEv1/IKEv2 protocols, MOBIKE, NAT-Traversal via UDP encapsulation (incl. port floating) and Dead Peer Detection. It also fully supports the Linux 2.6 IPsec stack, IPv6, certificates/keys on Smartcards and virtual IP address pools.
Homepage:
https://www.strongswan.org/
License:
GPL-2 RSA DES

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
5.8.1_rc1 7 amd64 arm ppc ~ppc64 x86 0

Metadata

Description

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>patrick@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Patrick Lauer</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription lang="en">
		StrongSwan is direct descendant of the discontinued FreeS/WAN project.
		As an IPsec based VPN solution which is focused on security and ease of
		use, it fully implements the IKEv1/IKEv2 protocols, MOBIKE, NAT-Traversal
		via UDP encapsulation (incl. port floating) and Dead Peer Detection. It
		also fully supports the Linux 2.6 IPsec stack, IPv6, certificates/keys on
		Smartcards and virtual IP address pools.
	</longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="constraints">Enable advanced X.509 constraint checking plugin</flag>
		<flag name="dhcp">Enable server support for querying virtual IP addresses for clients from a DHCP server. (IKEv2 only)</flag>
		<flag name="eap">Enable support for the different EAP modules that are supported</flag>
		<flag name="farp">Enable faking of ARP responses for virtual IP addresses assigned to clients (IKEv2 only)</flag>
		<flag name="gcrypt">Enable <pkg>dev-libs/libgcrypt</pkg> plugin which provides 3DES, AES, Blowfish, Camellia, CAST, DES, Serpent and Twofish ciphers along with MD4, MD5 and SHA1/2 hash algorithms, RSA and DH groups 1,2,5,14-18 and 22-24(4.4+). Also includes a software random number generator.</flag>
		<flag name="non-root">Force IKEv1/IKEv2 daemons to normal user privileges. This might impose some restrictions mainly to the IKEv1 daemon. Disable only if you really require superuser privileges.</flag>
		<flag name="openssl">Enable <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> plugin which is required for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (DH groups 19-21,25,26) and ECDSA. Also provides 3DES, AES, Blowfish, Camellia, CAST, DES, IDEA and RC5 ciphers along with MD2, MD4, MD5 and SHA1/2 hash algorithms, RSA and DH groups 1,2,5,14-18 and 22-24(4.4+) <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> has to be compiled with USE="-bindist".</flag>
		<flag name="pkcs11">Enable pkcs11 support</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_aesni">Enable support for Intel AES-NI crypto plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_chapoly">Enable ChaCha20/Poly1305 AEAD implementation and ChaCha20 XOF plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_forecast">Enable multicast and broadcast forwarding plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_led">Enable support for the led plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_lookip">Enable support for the lookip plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_systime-fix">Enable support for the systime-fix plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_unity">Enable support for the unity plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_vici">Enable support for the vici plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_blowfish">Enable support for the blowfish plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_ccm">Enable support for the ccm plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_ctr">Enable support for the ctr plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_gcm">Enable support for the gcm plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_ha">Enable support for the ha plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_ipseckey">Enable support for the ipseckey plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_newhope">Enable plugin that allows key exchange based on post-quantum computer New Hope algorithm</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_ntru">Enable support for the ntru plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_padlock">Enable support for the padlock plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_rdrand">Enable support for the rdrand plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_save-keys">Enable plugin that saves IKE and/or ESP keys to files compatible with Wireshark (for debugging)</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_unbound">Enable support for the unbound plugin</flag>
		<flag name="strongswan_plugins_whitelist">Enable support for the whitelist plugin</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:strongswan:strongswan</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

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USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p net-vpn/strongswan | euse -E <flag> -p net-vpn/strongswan | euse -D <flag> -p net-vpn/strongswan

Flag Description 5.8.1_rc1
caps ⚠️ ⊕
constraints Enable advanced X.509 constraint checking plugin ⊕
curl Enable support for uploading journals ⚠️ ✓
debug ⚠️ ✓
dhcp Enable server support for querying virtual IP addresses for clients from a DHCP server. (IKEv2 only) ✓
eap Enable support for the different EAP modules that are supported ✓
farp Enable faking of ARP responses for virtual IP addresses assigned to clients (IKEv2 only) ✓
gcrypt Enable <pkg>dev-libs/libgcrypt</pkg> plugin which provides 3DES, AES, Blowfish, Camellia, CAST, DES, Serpent and Twofish ciphers along with MD4, MD5 and SHA1/2 hash algorithms, RSA and DH groups 1,2,5,14-18 and 22-24(4.4+). Also includes a software random number generator. ✓
gmp ⚠️ ⊕
ldap ⚠️ ✓
mysql ⚠️ ✓
networkmanager ⚠️ ✓
non-root Force IKEv1/IKEv2 daemons to normal user privileges. This might impose some restrictions mainly to the IKEv1 daemon. Disable only if you really require superuser privileges. ⊕
openssl Enable <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> plugin which is required for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (DH groups 19-21,25,26) and ECDSA. Also provides 3DES, AES, Blowfish, Camellia, CAST, DES, IDEA and RC5 ciphers along with MD2, MD4, MD5 and SHA1/2 hash algorithms, RSA and DH groups 1,2,5,14-18 and 22-24(4.4+) <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> has to be compiled with USE="-bindist". ⊕
pam ⚠️ ✓
pkcs11 Enable pkcs11 support ✓
selinux ⚠️ ✓
sqlite ⚠️ ✓
strongswan_plugins_ ⚠️ ✓
systemd ⚠️ ✓

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST strongswan-5.8.1dr1.tar.bz2 4515502 bytes 5.8.1_rc1
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
AUX ipsec 451 bytes
EBUILD strongswan-5.8.1_rc1.ebuild 9507 bytes
MISC metadata.xml 4135 bytes