Furthermore, specifying
.Qq none
will turn off packet encryption.
+It is best to use only those ciphers which support CBC mode.
.It Va Compression Li = Ar level Pq 0
This option sets the level of compression used for UDP packets.
Possible values are 0 (off), 1 (fast zlib) and any integer up to 9 (best zlib),
.Sh SCRIPTS
Apart from reading the server and host configuration files,
tinc can also run scripts at certain moments.
-On Windows (not Cygwin), the scripts should have the extension
+Under Windows (not Cygwin), the scripts should have the extension
.Pa .bat .
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-up
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.45 2003/10/09 21:33:15 guus Exp $
+@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.46 2003/10/11 14:42:29 guus Exp $
@c %**start of header
@setfilename tinc.info
@settitle tinc Manual
<ivo@@o2w.nl>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.eu.org> and
Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
-$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.45 2003/10/09 21:33:15 guus Exp $
+$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.46 2003/10/11 14:42:29 guus Exp $
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
<ivo@@o2w.nl>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.eu.org> and
Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
-$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.45 2003/10/09 21:33:15 guus Exp $
+$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.46 2003/10/11 14:42:29 guus Exp $
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
runtime-configurable---in short, it has become a full-fledged
professional package.
-@cindex Traditional VPNs
+@cindex traditional VPNs
@cindex scalability
Tinc also allows more than two sites to connect to eachother and form a single VPN.
Traditionally VPNs are created by making tunnels, which only have two endpoints.
* Runtime options::
* Solving problems::
* Error messages::
+* Sending bug reports::
@end menu
@c ==================================================================
@node Encryption of network packets
-@subsection Encryption of network packet
+@subsection Encryption of network packets
@cindex encryption
A data packet can only be sent if the encryption key is known to both
@c ==================================================================
@node Security issues
-@section Security issues
+@subsection Security issues
In August 2000, we discovered the existence of a security hole in all versions
of tinc up to and including 1.0pre2. This had to do with the way we exchanged
@menu
-* Contact Information::
+* Contact information::
* Authors::
@end menu
@c ==================================================================
-@node Contact Information
+@node Contact information
@section Contact information
@cindex website