Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation

[Guus Sliepen]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:22:15AM +0200, Florent B wrote:

> Has someone tried the new GENEVE protocol ?
> 
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-gross-geneve/
> 
> It is included in last kernel versions.
> 
> May it be a "replacement" of Tinc ? What are the advantages/drawbacks of
> each ?

This is comparing apple trees to concentrated orange juice. GENEVE is a
protocol for encapsulating any Ethernet-based protocol on top of UDP.
It's similar to GRE. It offers no encryption, and only supports simple
point-to-point tunnels.

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