This is release 1.5 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 2.2.16 kernel; there is 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 what you had to do, and we'll try to fix it so it'll drop in cleanly in future. 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, see doc/setup.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 . (Caution: that mailing list goes all over the world. If you are located in the US, or are a US citizen, read doc/exportlaws.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) P.S. This file is RCSID $Id: README,v 1.60 2000/06/26 17:38:00 henry Exp $. Bet you were just dying to know that.