OpenConnect supported network security standards

[Daniel Lenski]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 3:00 AM Lisa BINDER
<Lisa.Binder at diehl-defence.com> wrote:
>
> The Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client supports the IEEE 802.1AE standard which allows to perform downlink MACsec between a client and a switch.
> Does OpenConnect also support this feature or does it only focus on the VPN functionality of Cisco Anyconnect?

OpenConnect does not support 802.1AE/MACsec.

I don't understand why Cisco client software supports *both* the VPN
functionality (Layer 3 authentication, encryption, and tunnelling) as
well as MACsec (Layer 2 authentication and encryption).

Daniel