[Announcement] Tinc version 1.1pre12 released

[hshh]

>Updated support for BSD tun/tap devices.
It is broken on FreeBSD tun.

tcpdump on tun,
09:05:07.458988 IP0 bad-hlen 0

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org> wrote:
> With pleasure we announce the release of tinc version 1.1pre12. Here is
> a summary of the changes:
>
> * Added a "--syslog" option to force logging to syslog even if running
>   in the foreground.
> * Fixes and improvements to the DecrementTTL function.
> * Improved PMTU discovery and UDP keepalive probes.
> * More efficient relaying of UDP packets through intermediate nodes.
> * Improved compatibility with newer TAP-Win32 drivers.
> * Added support for UPnP.
> * Allow tinc to be compiled without LibreSSL or OpenSSL (this drops
>   compatibility with nodes running 1.0.x).
> * Added a "fsck" command to check the configuration files for problems.
> * Tinc "start" now checks whether the daemon really started succesfully,
>   and displays error messages otherwise.
> * Added systemd service files.
> * Use the recvmmsg() function if available.
> * Support ToS/Diffserv on IPv6 connections.
> * Updated support for BSD tun/tap devices.
> * Added support for OS X utun interfaces.
> * Dropped support for Windows 2000.
> * Initial support for generating a tinc-up script from an invitation.
> * Many small fixes, documentation updates.
>
> Thanks to Etienne Dechamps, thorkill, Vittorio Gambaletta, Martin
> Weinelt, Sven-Haegar Koch, Florian Klink, LunnarShadow, Dato Simó,
> Jo-Philipp Wich, Jochen Voss, Nathan Stratton Treadway, Pierre Emeriaud,
> xentec, Samuel Thibault and Michael Tokarev for their contributions to
> this version of tinc.
>
> Please note that although tinc 1.1pre12 is backwards compatible with
> tinc 1.0.x, it is NOT compatible with tinc 1.1pre1 through 1.1pre10.
>
> Starting with tinc 1.1pre12, the Windows installer now provides both 32
> bit and 64 bit binaries, and will automatically install the right ones
> for your computer. Please note that you might need to move your existing
> tinc configuration files from "C:\Program Files (x86)\tinc" to
> "C:\Program Files\tinc".
>
> The new protocol used in tinc 1.1 is mostly stabilized now, so that
> means I will probably release an 1.1.0 soon. There is still a lot of
> things that are on my TODO list for tinc 1.1, but most of it can be done
> after an 1.1.0 release.
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
>      Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
>
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