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Q: Why do I get “ERROR: failed to get private key” when trying to establish an IPSec tunnel with racoon (ipsec-tools)?

Posted on January 16, 2007 by jeff

A: If you are using x509 certificates to authenticate your end-points, it is likely that your private keys are encrypted (assume the private key is named maguro.key) # less maguro.key —–BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY—– Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,94BC2753E921722E BjPpMYZouxEUBSdEtuRrnbcdGaTlmfuIh8RNxuijBU6ZawY1I5hosULrFKzrLzZt FJ9kg9Zo60o7U0FGzI1LTw4UalQnnkgH/quRZ4pJeM20Hjc5m4mj+YDtXAgNXYrw … Continue reading →

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Q: How do I configure Link Aggregation in NetBSD?

Posted on January 16, 2007 by jeff

A: Link Aggregation (some vendors refer to this as connection bonding) is simple to configure. NetBSD includes the agr driver which supports the IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol. To start, you will need to compile a kernel with the … Continue reading →

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Q: How do I use OpenSSL to encrypt files?

Posted on January 16, 2007 by jeff

A: This depends on if you want symmetric or asymmetric encryption. For symmetic encryption, you can use the following… To encrypt: > openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -a -e -in plaintext.txt -out encrypted.txt To decrypt this, you can use the following. > … Continue reading →

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