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  • > NAT-OA payloads in IKEv1 Quick Mode (RFC 3947)

    > IPv6 support fixed and enabled by default

    Oof. Bad sign to see either of these, though for opposite reasons. Broken IPv6 points to way insufficient testing & use. IKEv1 meanwhile is deprecated and rather ought to be removed entirely.

  • I suspect I'm in a bubble, so perhaps someone might tell me what I'm missing...

    > racoon2 is a system to exchange and install security parameters for IPsec. It consists of an IKEv1/IKEv2 key exchange daemon, a security policy management daemon, and a Kerberos-based key exchange daemon.

    When would you use this over wireguard? There's a hint in

    > for built-in Windows, iOS and Android VPN clients.

    where I can see value if you want to provide a VPN without needing to install anything on the client, but that doesn't seem like a big thing to me. Or maybe legacy ipsec setups?

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