Clarification of man page on StrictSubnets

Nick Hibma nick at anywi.com
Thu Jan 16 14:06:34 CET 2014


>> 
>> I have a question on how to interprete the following fragment of the man page:
>> 
>>     StrictSubnets = yes | no (no) [experimental]
>>             When this option is enabled tinc will only use Subnet statements which are present in the host config files in the
>>             local /etc/tinc/NETNAME/hosts/ directory.
>> 
>> Does this mean it will ignore any subnets learnt through ADD_SUBNET? Perhaps this could be added here in some form.
> 
> That does indeed mean Subnets learned via ADD_SUBNET are ignored. I updated the
> manual.
> 
> http://tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc;a=commitdiff;h=d5113a9

The new wording make perfect sense. Thanks.

Nick
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