-This is the README file for tinc version 1.0.2. Installation
+This is the README file for tinc version 1.1-cvs. Installation
instructions may be found in the INSTALL file.
-tinc is Copyright (C) 1998-2003 by:
+tinc is Copyright (C) 1998-2011 by:
-Ivo Timmermans <ivo@o2w.nl>,
-Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.eu.org>,
+Ivo Timmermans,
+Guus Sliepen <guus@tinc-vpn.org>,
and others.
For a complete list of authors see the AUTHORS file.
Compatibility
-------------
-Version 1.0.2 is compatible with 1.0.1, 1.0 and 1.0pre8 but not with older versions
-of tinc.
+Version 1.1-cvs is compatible with 1.0pre8, 1.0 and later, but not with older
+versions of tinc.
Requirements
manual in doc/tinc.texi contains more detailed information on how to
install this library.
-Since 1.0pre6, the zlib library is used for optional compression. You need this
-library whether or not you plan to enable the compression. You can find it at
-http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. Because of a possible exploit in earlier versions we
-recommand that you download version 1.1.4 or later.
+Since 1.0pre6, the zlib library is used for optional compression. You can
+find it at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. Because of a possible exploit in
+earlier versions we recommend that you download version 1.1.4 or later.
-Since 1.0, the lzo library is also used for optional compression. You need this
-library whether or not you plan to enable compression. You can find it at
-http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/.
+Since 1.0, the lzo library is also used for optional compression. You can
+find it at http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/.
+
+Since 1.1, the libevent library is used for the main event loop. You can find
+it at http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/.
In order to compile tinc, you will need a GNU C compiler environment.
IPv6 addresses (without using :: abbreviations) and use ifconfig or ip (from
the iproute package) to give the virtual network interface corresponding IPv6
addresses. tinc does not provide autoconfiguration for IPv6 hosts, if you need
-it use radvd or zebra. Tunneling IPv6 packets only works on Linux, FreeBSD,
-Windows and possibly OpenBSD.
+it use radvd or zebra.
It is also possible to make tunnels to other tinc daemons over IPv6 networks,
if the operating system supports IPv6. tinc will automatically use both IPv6