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vorpalhex on March 4, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vita: simple and fast VPN gateway

> Each route uses a pre-shared super key that is installed on both ends of the route.

Woof, not asymmetric? Is that normal for IPSec? I realize it's never sent over wire, but still makes me nervous.

TrueDuality on March 4, 2019 [–]

Static symmetric keys is one of the ways to authenticate an IPSec tunnel. It does also support certificates for authentication or fully unauthenticated connections (but still encrypted).

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