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Project Summary

Openswan is an Open Source implementation of IPsec for the Linux operating system. Is it a code fork of the FreeS/WAN project, started by a few of the developers who were growing frustrated with the politics surrounding the FreeS/WAN project.

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aes crypto cryptography des encryption ike ipsec linux network networking privacy tunnel vpn x509

In a Nutshell, Openswan...

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

There are no reported vulnerabilities

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30 Day Summary

Aug 25 2025 — Sep 24 2025

12 Month Summary

Sep 24 2024 — Sep 24 2025