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+strongswan-5.2.2
+----------------
+
+- The left/rightid options in ipsec.conf, or any other identity in strongSwan,
+  now accept prefixes to enforce an explicit type, such as email: or fqdn:.
+  Note that no conversion is done for the remaining string, refer to
+  ipsec.conf(5) for details.
+
+
 strongswan-5.2.1
 ----------------