replacement of security/ipsec-tools

[Eugene Grosbein]

On 03.01.2020 05:06, Michael Grimm wrote:

> I am running ipsec-tools to implement a VPN tunnel (esp) between two hosts for years now.
> 
> But this statement on http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net makes me think about an alternative:
> 	The development of ipsec-tools has been ABANDONED. 
> 	ipsec-tools has security issues, and you should not use it. Please switch to a secure alternative! 
> 
> Could you provide me with links where I could find more details about the above mentioned 'security issues'?

Our port of ipsec-tools has fixes for all known security issues (f.e. CVE-2016-10396),
so you may safely continue using it provided you have latest port/package.