[ECOS] IPsec and openSSL packages

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 03:11:22PM +0100, Armando VISCONTI wrote:
> Thx Andrew,
> 
> But, what happens if I use OpenSSL and not IPsec?
> I mean, what am I missing in term of security?

They work are different layers. An application use OpenSSL to securely
transfer data from one application to another application. IPsec
secures all IP packets from one host to another host. 

If you use OpenSSL and not IPsec, anything that is not transfered
inside an OpenSSL session goes in plain text. 

        Andrew

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