Re: linux-ipsec: VLan in IPSec ???

On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, John Gentilin wrote:

> Does IPSec handle VLan operations where a remote
> connection appears to be on the same subnet as the
> local network ??

No; vlan stuff is done at layer2, not at layer3. You can use IPSec to provide encrypted network reachability between two networks, but it's routed. You could do ethernet->encaps->IPSEC->unencaps->ethernet, but that'd be a 2->3->2 transition.

I don't actually use any of this stuff, so someone tell me if I'm wrong.

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