FreeS/WAN
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| Original author(s) | John Gilmore(Founder) |
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| Final release | 2.06
/ 22 April 2004 |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Successor | strongSwan,Openswan,Libreswan |
| Type | IPsec&IKE |
| License | Mostly GNU GPL, see LICENSE file |
| Website | freeswan |
FreeS/WAN,forFree SecureWide-AreaNetworking, was afree softwareproject, which implemented a reference version of theIPsecnetwork securitylayer forLinux.The project goal of ubiquitousopportunistic encryptionof Internet traffic was not realized, although it did contribute to general Internet encryption.
The project was founded byJohn Gilmore,and administered for most of its duration byHugh Daniel.John Ioannidis and Angelos Keromytis started the codebase while outside the United States of America prior to autumn 1997. Technical lead for the project wasHenry Spencer,and later Michael Richardson. The IKE keying daemon (pluto) was maintained by D. Hugh Redelmeier while the IPsec kernel module (KLIPS) was maintained by Richard Guy Briggs. Sandy Harris was the main documentation person for most of the project, later Claudia Schmeing.
The final FreeS/WAN version 2.06 was released on 22 April 2004. The earlier version 2.04 wasforkedto form two projects,OpenswanandstrongSwan.Openswan has since (2012) beenforkedtoLibreswan.
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