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{{Infobox software
| name = Openswan
| logo = File:Openswan Logo.gif
| screenshot =
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| author =
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| released =
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| operating system       = [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]]
| platform =
| language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| genre = [[IPsec]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website = {{URL|openswan.org}}
| replaces = [[FreeS/WAN]]
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In the field of [[computer security]], '''Openswan'''  provides a complete [[IPsec]] implementation for [[Linux]] and [[FreeBSD]].

Openswan, begun as a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of the now-defunct [[FreeS/WAN]] project, continues to use the [[GNU General Public License]]. Unlike the FreeS/WAN project, it does not exclusively target the Linux operating system.

[[Libreswan]] forked from Openswan in 2012.<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://libreswan.org/wiki/History
| title=History of The Libreswan Project
| date=2014-07-14
| author=Paul Wouters
| access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Libreswan]]
* [[strongSwan]]

==External links==
* {{Official Website|https://www.openswan.org}}
* {{GitHub|xelerance/Openswan}}

==References==
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[[Category:Virtual private networks]]
[[Category:Software forks]]
[[Category:Free security software]]
[[Category:IPsec]]

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