This is release 1.8 of Linux FreeS/WAN, our freely-redistributable IPsec
implementation.  See http://www.freeswan.org for current news and pointers
to more recent releases (if any).  The BUGS file lists bugs that we
consider major; the CHANGES file lists the major things that have been
done since last time. 

The current development and target system for FreeS/WAN is Red Hat 6.2
with a 2.2.17 kernel; there is increasingly-limited support for RH5.2 with
2.0.38.  We advise against use of older kernels in either series.  It's
likely to work with other Linux distributions using 2.2.x kernels; if
modifications are necessary, please tell us details, and we'll try to fix
it so it'll drop in cleanly in future.  It sometimes works with 2.4.0-test
kernels, but they keep changing and we fall behind.  Red Hat 7.0 has badly
messed up its compilers and we haven't figured out how to work around this
yet.  Other systems are a lower priority but we'd still like to hear
details if you try it. 

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.  doc/roadmap.html is
a guide to what's where in this distribution. 

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

Feedback is welcome, preferably (for legal reasons, among others) to the
public linux-ipsec mailing list, located at <linux-ipsec@clinet.fi>. 
(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/prob.report first. 

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.

					Henry Spencer (technical lead)
					Richard Guy Briggs (Klips)
					D. Hugh Redelmeier (Pluto)
					Sandy Harris (documentation)
					Claudia Schmeing (user support)

P.S. This file is RCSID $Id: README,v 1.67 2000/11/30 05:02:49 henry Exp $.
Bet you were just dying to know that.
