[Ipsec-tools-devel] Re: Issue on netconsole vs. Linux kernel oops

[Matt M. <mp...@se...>]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 10:01:34PM -0800, Park Lee wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 at 08:44, Matt Mackall wrote:
> >
> > Netconsole builds very simple IPv4 packets by hand 
> > without the use of the rest of the IP stack. This 
> > is how it continues to work when the system is 
> > crashing. So it will never be able to build IPSEC 
> > packets.
> > Nor is it likely to do IPv6 any time soon.
> >
> > You can probably get it to work by using a 
> > different IP address for netconsole than you use 
> > for IPSEC, and set up the receiving end to
> > recognize packets from that address as normal 
> > unencrypted IPv4.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> But that will need at least 3 computers(i.e. 2 for
> IPsec, 1 for receiving end), Am I right?

No, you should be able to configure a non-IPSsec interface on the
receiver, possibly at a fourth address.

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