Another idea for tinc on windows

[Guus Sliepen]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 12:01:29PM +0200, I.R. van Dongen wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:13:50 +0200, guus at sliepen.eu.org wrote:
> > I've looked into this myself but the PPP protocol, even without
> > authentication or exotic options, is not simple. Better wait for someone
> > with knowledge of Windows device drivers to implement the virtual
> > network device!

> according to some sources, it can't be hard to write a driver for a
> virtual network device. I'm ordering a DDK (Driver Development Kit)
> atm, and I'll look if it can me done by me, or if I need some help
> from the tinc developers.  Unfortunatly, the person who told me that
> it was kinda easy can't disclose the source of the code he is working
> on, but I hope he can assist me a bit.

I just heard that the CIPE-win32 driver, which is written for NT 4.0,
also works under XP, despite what the CIPE website claims. It
implements something equivalent to an ethertap device.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
    Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.eu.org>
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