multiple addresses and multiple ports in Switch mode

[Rob Townley]

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 4:09 AM, Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:49:52PM -0600, Rob Townley wrote:
>
> > this node doesnt have two nics, the public address is for those
> > connecting from the public side of the NAT.  As far as that tinc node
> > knows, it is using 655.  i will look elsewhwere for the connection
> > problem. dynamic dns of port number could help tinc get better meta
> > knowledge about itself.
>
> Hm, what kind of NAT? If you have a Linux box with netfilter, then if tinc
> behind that NAT makes an outgoing connection first, it will probably keep
> 655
> as the source port.
>

There would be multiple outgoing tinc nodes behind a NAT, only one could be
655.  Dynamic port numbers make me feel more secure.


>
> > What was the name of the dns library you recommended?  Does it work
> > with dnsmasq?
>
> I do not remember recommending a DNS library... Maybe I mentioned
> dyndns.org?
>

it was a programming library.  It definitely wasn't dyndns.org because i
have been using that for over a decade.


>
> > Do you use gdb debugger?
>
> Yes, it's an invaluable tool.
>

Great.  I hope to attempt  to run some of tinc through gdb.



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