Re: OT - Regression: Cisco VPN module hangs 2.6.30-rcX

[Ãric Piel]

Fabio Comolli schreef:
> Hi all.
> Please forgive me if this question is considered offtopic on this
> list. I'm not sure where to post it.
> 
> Anyway, I have a regression between 2.6.30-rcX and every other version
> I tried with regards to Cisco proprietary cisco_ipsec.ko module.
> 
> The module compiles cleanly, loads and the VPN connection is created.
> So far so good. The problem is that as soon as I send packets on the
> tunnel (TCP - UDP doesn't matter, even a nslookup quesry i enough),
> the system hangs without messages on console / logs. Powercycle is
> needed.
Hello,

Have you tried using vpnc [1]? Nowadays it works very well (for
connecting to cisco VPNs) and it doesn't require you to recompile
anything whenever you change of kernel. As a bonus, it's opensource ;-)

Eric

[1] http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/
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