This is version 2.06 of Linux FreeS/WAN, the final release of our 
freely-redistributable IPsec implementation. See http://www.freeswan.org for
last-minute news and pointers to user-contributed bugfixes to 2.06. The BUGS
file lists bugs that we consider major, and the CHANGES file lists the major
things that have been done since the last release; READ BOTH before 
installing. 

The development and target system for FreeS/WAN is Fedora Core 1 with either 
a current FC1 kernel or 2.4.25.

We do not test with 2.0 kernels earlier than 2.0.39.

We do not support obsolete kernels (e.g. 2.2.xx, xx < 20), and using them 
is generally a bad idea anyway.

It's likely to work with other Linux distributions using 2.2.xx, 2.4.xx or 
2.6.xx kernels; if modifications are necessary, please post details to the
mailing lists for community support.

Several high-level documents are in the doc directory.  Most are in HTML
format; do

	lynx doc/index.html

(or use your own favorite HTML reader) to read them.  See doc/README for
two methods of getting plain-text versions if needed.  See doc/roadmap.html
for a guide to what's where in this distribution. 

Unpacking the distribution needs about 20MB, and compiling it perhaps
another 10-20MB.  For setup procedures, start at doc/intro.html; the INSTALL
file is now intended for experts only. 

Please also see doc/makecheck.html for information on automated regression
testing.

Feedback is welcome, preferably (for legal reasons, among others) to the
users mailing list (see http://www.freeswan.org/mail.html to subscribe).
(Caution:  that mailing list goes all over the world.  If you are located
in the US, or are a US citizen, read doc/politics.html before sending
mail!)  If you're reporting a problem with the software, we ask that you
read doc/trouble.html first. 

The form "ipsec send-pr" may be used to report bugs directly to our
tracking system. You may review tham at http://bugs.freeswan.org:81/
Bug reports SHOULD include a reference to the output of "ipsec barf"
(it is big, so put it on a stable web site), and way to reproduce the bug.
If the bug can not be reproduced, we are unlikely to even reply.

The bulk of this software is under the GNU General Public License; see
COPYING.  Some parts of it are not; see CREDITS for the details.

			Michael Richardson (technical lead)
			D. Hugh Redelmeier (Pluto)
			Claudia Schmeing (user support, documentation)
			Sam Sgro (user support + build manager)

Our thanks to Sandy Harris (former documentation)
	      Henry Spencer (former technical lead)
	      Richard Guy Briggs (KLIPS)

P.S. This file is RCSID $Id: README,v 1.91.2.1 2004/04/04 19:50:30 sam Exp $.
Bet you were just dying to know that.