X-Git-Url: https://tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b1236fab20edf2b03d8695a1e529b4afe472711c;hb=33f241d97852d7a171f1aaf1bda7f66356ff889e;hp=243f0efe8d310849d68eb360874602c68df8c731;hpb=a8f415e67fd316d929f9b9e6661e0d3d66fc197b;p=tinc diff --git a/README b/README index 243f0efe..b1236fab 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -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 , -Guus Sliepen , +Ivo Timmermans, +Guus Sliepen , and others. For a complete list of authors see the AUTHORS file. @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ should be changed into "Device", and "Device" should be changed into 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 @@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ this library is not installed on you system, configure will fail. The 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. @@ -115,8 +116,7 @@ Support for routing IPv6 packets has been added. Just add Subnet lines with 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