Gif IPTunnel networkA-to-networkB not work

[Oldach, Helge]

> From: Lars Eggert [mailto:larse at ISI.EDU]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 27. August 2003 17:45
> To: Oldach, Helge
> Cc: hilman firmansyah; freebsd-net at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Gif IPTunnel networkA-to-networkB not work
> Oldach, Helge wrote:
> > You must have the networks connected (on the public side), but when 
> > using IPSec your gif tunnel won't really be used. It is just sort of 
> > a "placeholder" to get the routing correct.
> 
> It is not a good idea to use gifs in parallel with IPsec tunnel mode.,
> to do this routing trick.

Fully agreed. The point is that a lot of documents on the web advise
to set up a gif tunnel in order to set up a IPSec tunnel. Which
is essentially nonsense. Apparently the original poster fell into the
same trap. Hence my clarification.

Helge