OpenVPN vs IPSec

[Jim Thompson]

Performance is better with IPsec. It’s a standard, too. 

> On Nov 18, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Victor Sudakov <vas at mpeks.tomsk.su> wrote:
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Is there any reason to prefer IPSec over OpenVPN for building VPNs
> between FreeBSD hosts and routers (and others compatible with OpenVPN
> like pfSense, OpenWRT etc)?
> 
> I can see only advantages of OpenVPN (a single UDP port, a single
> userland daemon, no kernel rebuild required, a standard PKI, an easy
> way to push settings and routes to remote clients, nice monitoring
> feature etc). But maybe there is some huge advantage of IPSec I've
> skipped?
> 
> -- 
> Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
> AS43859
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