Strongswan now supports PAM authentication

November 07, 2012 at 07:40 AM | categories: Centos, Sysadmin, RHEL, Linux, Tips, Security, IPSEC | View Comments
Strongswan release 5.0.1 includes a XAuth PAM plugin which requests username/password XAuth credentials and verifies them against Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This plugin is not enabled by default to enable it you need to add the following to your ./configure...
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Strongswan now supports Cisco unity extensions

November 07, 2012 at 07:40 AM | categories: Centos, Sysadmin, RHEL, Linux, Tips, Security, IPSEC | View Comments
I previously wrote about setting up split tunneling on Strongswan using the attr-sql plugin With the release of Strongswan 5.0.1 it is no longer the only way to support split tunneling. Strongswan 5.0.1 introduces the unity plugin which allows for...
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Book Review: Cloud Architecture Patterns By Bill Wilder

November 07, 2012 at 07:11 AM | categories: Book review | View Comments
"Cloud Architecture Patterns By Bill Wilder"; O'Reilly Media This book is a must read for any one involved in software development particularly cloud based applications. The book describes the popular patterns used in development of scalable applications, coverage is...
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