libreswan VS NetworkManager-l2tp

Compare libreswan vs NetworkManager-l2tp and see what are their differences.

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libreswan NetworkManager-l2tp
1 2
810 482
0.7% 0.0%
10.0 6.9
7 days ago 27 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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libreswan

Posts with mentions or reviews of libreswan. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

NetworkManager-l2tp

Posts with mentions or reviews of NetworkManager-l2tp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • network-manager-l2tp-gnome equivalent for Arch?
    1 project | /r/archlinux | 7 Oct 2022
    $ pacman -Qi networkmanager-l2tp Name : networkmanager-l2tp Version : 1.20.4-5 Description : L2TP support for NetworkManager Architecture : x86_64 URL : https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp Licenses : GPL2 Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : ppp=2.4.9 xl2tpd Optional Deps : libnma: GUI support (GTK 3) [installed] libnma-gtk4: GUI support (GTK 4) strongswan: IPSec support [installed] Required By : None Optional For : None Conflicts With : networkmanager-l2tp-gtk3 networkmanager-l2tp-gtk4 Replaces : networkmanager-l2tp-gtk3 networkmanager-l2tp-gtk4 Installed Size : 837.00 KiB Packager : Alexander Rødseth Build Date : Sat 13 Aug 2022 02:08:51 AM PST Install Date : Sun 14 Aug 2022 12:02:10 PM PST Install Reason : Explicitly installed Install Script : No Validated By : Signature
  • Can't connect to Meraki VPN on Fedora 36
    1 project | /r/Fedora | 20 Sep 2022
    I also followed the guide here to remove the blacklisting of L2TP protocols https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp/wiki/Known-Issues

What are some alternatives?

When comparing libreswan and NetworkManager-l2tp you can also consider the following projects:

accel-ppp - High performance PPTP/L2TP/SSTP/PPPoE/IPoE server for Linux

SoftEther - Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable.

amnezia-client - Amnezia VPN Client (Desktop+Mobile)

setup-ipsec-vpn - Scripts to build your own IPsec VPN server, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2

strongswan - strongSwan - IPsec-based VPN

docker-ipsec-vpn-server - Docker image to run an IPsec VPN server, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2