[OCCAID] Re: Occaid Digest, Vol 32, Issue 3

[Dan Noe]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 05:21:34PM -0600, eric wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 16:26:08 -0500, James Jun proclaimed...
> > The solution we came up with to address this issue is by hosting SixXS POPs
> > in the US.  They already do automation and have a much better interface to
> > deal with tunnel accounts than us re-inventing the wheel.
>   
> My problem is the script you need running. I don't trust it. All I want to
> do is ifconfig(8) my tunnel up, etc.

SixXS only requires client side support when you are using a
"heartbeat" IE, dynamic endpoint, tunnel.  Otherwise you can simply
create the tunnel using the addresses they give when you register it.  I
don't use the utility myself - it isn't that I don't trust it, just that
it isn't neccessary.

They have more info here:
http://www.sixxs.net/faq/connectivity/?faq=ossetup

-D

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