From b14923ec50a5d44b5ca26992b975c773e427765e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Steffen Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:28:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] IKEv2 is now the default key exchange protocol --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d629200..74b1a06 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ strongswan-4.5.0 ---------------- +- IMPORTANT: the default keyexchange mode 'ike' is changing with release 4.5 + from 'ikev1' to 'ikev2', thus commemorating the five year anniversary of the + IKEv2 RFC 4706 and its mature successor RFC 5996. The time has definitively + come for IKEv1 to go into retirement and to cede its place to the much more + robust, powerful and versatile IKEv2 protocol! + - Added new ctr, ccm and gcm plugins providing Counter, Counter with CBC-MAC and Galois/Counter Modes based on existing CBC implementations. These new plugins bring support for AES and Camellia Counter and CCM algorithms -- 2.7.4