hung while trying to contact host

[ebina1]

Using tinc1.0pre5

Three machines A, B, and C

tinc.conf on A:
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Name = A
PrivateKeyFile = /usr/local/etc/tinc/vpn/rsa_key.priv
Device = /dev/tun
ConnectTo = B

tinc.conf on B:
-----------------
Name = B
PrivateKeyFile = /usr/local/etc/tinc/vpn/rsa_key.priv
Device = /dev/tun
ConnectTo = C


A is up and connected to B which is up.  Machine C is down.
The log on B shows it periodically attempting to connect
to C.  It tries about 3 minutes, times out, waits, and then tries
again.

During any and all of those three minute periods when B is trying
to connect to C, all communication between A and B stops.  After the
connect fails and B waits packets flow between A and B again until
the next time B tries to contact C and they stop again.

This makes the setup very hard to use when C is down.
Is this "correct" behavior or a bug?

Eric Bina
ebina1 at insightbb.com


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