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U R G E N T    A P P E A L Distributed Denial of Service Attacks against SCO, or anyone for that matter, are a clearly unacceptable activity. While many in the Open Source community are not pleased with SCO's lawsuit against IBM, or their proposed legal challenges aimed at Linux users, these DDoS attacks do not promote the Open Source cause, and are not consistent with Open Source values. The Open Source community is based on the notion that principals of free speech should be applied to software development. DDoS attacks clearly deny the victim the ability to communicate freely on the internet. The fact that someone, or some group disagrees with the policies and/or practices of another person or group does not justify this type of attack. We strongly urge whoever is responsible to stop the attack immediately. ... (more)

Implementing IPSec on Linux

IPSec (Internet Protocol SECurity) is an extension to the Internet Protocol (IP) that provides authentication and encryption. IPSec uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services intended for building Virtual Private Networks (VPN). In fact, IPSec is a peer-to-peer protocol that allows you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks like the Internet. Everything passing through this network is encrypted by the IPSec gateway machine and decrypted by the gateway at the other end. The result is a VPN because IPSec allows building networks tha... (more)