About:
strongSwan is a complete IPsec and IKEv1 implementation for Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. It also fully supports the new IKEv2 protocol with Linux 2.6 kernels. It interoperates in both IKEv1 and IKEv2 mode with most other IPsec-based VPN products. The focus of the strongSwan project is on strong authentication mechanisms using X.509 public key certificates and optional secure storage of private keys on smartcards through a standardized PKCS#11 interface. A unique feature is the use of X.509 attribute certificates to implement advanced access control schemes based on group memberships.

Author:
Andreas Steffen [contact developer]

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8.53/10.00 (3 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.strongswan.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://download.strongswan.org/strongswan-4.2.1.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2:
http://download.strongswan.org/strongswan-4.2.1.tar.bz2
Changelog:
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://trac.strongswan.org/browser/trunk/
Bug tracker:
http://trac.strongswan.org/report/1
Mailing list archive:
http://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/
Mirror site:
http://www2.strongswan.org/
Demo site:
http://www.strongswan.org/uml/testresults42/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		Advanced End Users, Developers, System Administrators
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Network Environment]		IP
[Operating System]		POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		Security, Security :: Cryptography, System :: Networking

Dependencies: [change]
GNU MP (required)
curl and libcurl (recommended)
OpenLDAP (LDAPv3 branch) (optional)
OpenSC (optional)
User-mode Linux (optional)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	4.2.1	21-Apr-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)
Development Featuring joint IKEv1 and IKEv2 support.	4.0.7	29-Jan-2007	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
4.2.1	Major feature enhancements	21-Apr-2008 01:45
4.2.0	Major feature enhancements	03-Apr-2008 03:27
4.1.11	Minor bugfixes	18-Feb-2008 05:33
4.1.10	Major feature enhancements	20-Dec-2007 01:50
4.1.9	Major feature enhancements	05-Dec-2007 03:07
4.1.8	Minor bugfixes	17-Oct-2007 04:50
4.1.7	Major feature enhancements	04-Oct-2007 02:19
4.1.6	Minor feature enhancements	02-Sep-2007 23:25
4.1.5	Minor bugfixes	08-Aug-2007 05:29
4.1.4	Major feature enhancements	05-Jul-2007 01:42