IPsec in GENERIC kernel config
Sam Leffler
sam at freebsd.org
Mon Apr 27 18:08:40 UTC 2009
Jan Melen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Again when I compiled a custom kernel just to enable IPsec in the
> FreeBSD kernel it came to my mind why is it so that the IPsec is not
> enabled by default in the GENERIC kernel configuration file? At least
> for me the GENERIC kernel configuration would do just fine if the
> IPsec would be enabled in it by default. Now I have to build a custom
> kernel just for IPsec btw IPsec is even mandatory for a host
> supporting IPv6.
IPsec incurs a performance hit. Fix that and it can be enabled in GENERIC.
Sam
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