1 Version 1.0.23 October 19 2013
3 * Start authentication immediately on outgoing connections (useful for sslh).
5 * Fixed segfault when Name = $HOST but $HOST is not set.
7 * Updated the build system and the documentation.
9 * Clean up child processes left over from Proxy = exec.
11 Version 1.0.22 August 13 2013
13 * Fixed the combination of Mode = router and DeviceType = tap.
15 * The $NAME variable is now set in subnet-up/down scripts.
17 * Tinc now gives an error when unknown options are given on the command line.
19 * Tinc now correctly handles a space between a short command line option and
22 Thanks to Etienne Dechamps for his contribution to this version of tinc.
24 Version 1.0.21 April 22 2013
26 * Drop packets forwarded via TCP if they are too big (CVE-2013-1428).
28 Thanks to Martin Schobert for auditing tinc and reporting this vulnerability.
30 Version 1.0.20 March 03 2013
32 * Use /dev/tap0 by default on FreeBSD and NetBSD when using switch mode.
34 * Minor improvements and clarifications in the documentation.
36 * Allow tinc to be cross-compiled with Android's NDK.
38 * The discovered PMTU is now also applied to VLAN tagged traffic.
40 * The LocalDiscovery option now makes use of all addresses tinc is bound to.
42 * Fixed support for tunemu on iOS devices.
44 * The PriorityInheritance option now also works with switch mode.
46 * Fixed tinc crashing when using a SOCKS5 proxy.
48 Thanks to Mesar Hameed, Vilbrekin and Martin Schürrer for their contributions
49 to this version of tinc.
51 Version 1.0.19 June 25 2012
53 * Allow :: notation in IPv6 Subnets.
55 * Add support for systemd style socket activation.
57 * Allow environment variables to be used for the Name option.
59 * Add basic support for SOCKS proxies, HTTP proxies, and proxying through an
62 Thanks to Anthony G. Basile and Michael Tokarev for their contributions to
65 Version 1.0.18 March 25 2012
67 * Fixed IPv6 in switch mode by turning off DecrementTTL by default.
69 * Allow a port number to be specified in BindToAddress, which also allows tinc
70 to listen on multiple ports.
72 * Add support for multicast communication with UML/QEMU/KVM.
74 Version 1.0.17 March 10 2012
76 * The DeviceType option can now be used to select dummy, raw socket, UML and
77 VDE devices without needing to recompile tinc.
79 * Allow multiple BindToAddress statements.
81 * Decrement TTL value of IPv4 and IPv6 packets.
83 * Add LocalDiscovery option allowing tinc to detect peers that are behind the
86 * Accept Subnets passed with the -o option when StrictSubnets = yes.
88 * Disabling old RSA keys when generating new ones now also works properly on
91 Thanks to Nick Hibma for his contribution to this version of tinc.
93 Version 1.0.16 July 23 2011
95 * Fixed a performance issue with TCP communication under Windows.
97 * Fixed code that, during network outages, would cause tinc to exit when it
98 thought two nodes with identical Names were on the VPN.
100 Version 1.0.15 June 24 2011
102 * Improved logging to file.
104 * Reduced amount of process wakeups on platforms which support pselect().
106 * Fixed ProcessPriority option under Windows.
108 Version 1.0.14 May 8 2011
110 * Fixed reading configuration files that do not end with a newline. Again.
112 * Allow arbitrary configuration options being specified on the command line.
114 * Allow all options in both tinc.conf and the local host config file.
116 * Configurable replay window, UDP send and receive buffers for performance tuning.
118 * Try harder to get UDP communication back after falling back to TCP.
120 * Initial support for attaching tinc to a VDE switch.
122 * DragonFly BSD support.
124 * Allow linking with OpenSSL 1.0.0.
126 Thanks to Brandon Black, Julien Muchembled, Michael Tokarev, Rumko and Timothy
127 Redaelli for their contributions to this version of tinc.
129 Version 1.0.13 Apr 11 2010
131 * Allow building tinc without LZO and/or Zlib.
133 * Clamp MSS of TCP packets in both directions.
135 * Experimental StrictSubnets, Forwarding and DirectOnly options,
136 giving more control over information and packets received from/sent to other
139 * Ensure tinc never sends symbolic names for ports over the wire.
141 Version 1.0.12 Feb 3 2010
143 * Really allow fast roaming of hosts to other nodes in a switched VPN.
145 * Fixes missing or incorrect environment variables when calling host-up/down
146 and subnet-up/down scripts in some cases.
148 * Allow port to be specified in Address statements.
150 * Clamp MSS of TCP packets to the discovered path MTU.
152 * Let two nodes behind NAT learn each others current UDP address and port via
153 a third node, potentially allowing direct communications in a similar way to
156 Version 1.0.11 Nov 1 2009
158 * Fixed potential crash when the HUP signal is sent.
160 * Fixes handling of weighted Subnets in switch and hub modes, preventing
161 unnecessary broadcasts.
163 * Works around a MinGW bug that caused packets to Windows nodes to always be
166 * Improvements to the PMTU discovery code, especially on Windows.
168 * Use UDP again in certain cases where 1.0.10 was too conservative and fell
169 back to TCP unnecessarily.
171 * Allow fast roaming of hosts to other nodes in a switched VPN.
173 Version 1.0.10 Oct 18 2009
175 * Fixed potential crashes during shutdown and (in rare conditions) when other
176 nodes disconnected from the VPN.
178 * Improved NAT handling: tinc now copes with mangled port numbers, and will
179 automatically fall back to TCP if direct UDP connection between nodes is not
180 possible. The TCPOnly option should not have to be used anymore.
182 * Allow configuration files with CRLF line endings to be read on UNIX.
184 * Disable old RSA keys when generating new ones, and raise the default size of
185 new RSA keys to 2048 bits.
187 * Many fixes in the path MTU discovery code, especially when Compression is
190 * Tinc can now drop privileges and/or chroot itself.
192 * The TunnelServer code now just ignores information from clients instead of
195 * Improved performance on Windows by using the new ProcessPriority option and
196 by making the handling of packets received from the TAP-Win32 adapter more
199 * Code cleanups: tinc now follows the C99 standard, copyright headers have
200 been updated to include patch authors, checkpoint tracing and localisation
201 features have been removed.
203 * Support for (jailbroken) iPhone and iPod Touch has been added.
205 Thanks to Florian Forster, Grzegorz Dymarek and especially Michael Tokarev for
206 their contributions to this version of tinc.
208 Version 1.0.9 Dec 26 2008
210 * Fixed tinc as a service under Windows 2003.
212 * Fixed reading configuration files that do not end with a newline.
214 * Fixed crashes in situations where hostnames could not be resolved or hosts
215 would disconnect at the same time as session keys were exchanged.
217 * Improved default settings of tun and tap devices on BSD platforms.
219 * Make IPv6 sockets bind only to IPv6 on Linux.
221 * Enable path MTU discovery by default.
223 * Fixed a memory leak that occured when connections were closed.
225 Thanks to Max Rijevski for his contributions to this version of tinc.
227 Version 1.0.8 May 16 2007
229 * Fixed some memory and resource leaks.
231 * Made network sockets non-blocking under Windows.
233 Thanks to Scott Lamb and "dnk" for their contributions to this version of tinc.
235 Version 1.0.7 Jan 5 2007
237 * Fixed a bug that caused slow network speeds on Windows.
239 * Fixed a bug that caused tinc unable to write packets to the tun device on
242 Version 1.0.6 Dec 18 2006
244 * More flexible detection of the LZO libraries when compiling.
246 * Fixed a bug where broadcasts in switch and hub modes sometimes would not
247 work anymore when part of the VPN had become disconnected from the rest.
249 version 1.0.5 Nov 14 2006
251 * Lots of small fixes.
253 * Broadcast packets no longer grow in size with each hop. This should
254 fix switch mode (again).
256 * Generic host-up and host-down scripts.
258 * Optionally dump graph in graphviz format to a file or a script.
260 * Support LZO 2.0 and later.
262 Thanks to Scott Lamb for his contributions to this version of tinc.
264 version 1.0.4 May 4 2005
266 * Fix switch and hub modes.
268 * Optionally start scripts when a Subnet becomes (un)reachable.
270 version 1.0.3 Nov 11 2004
272 * Show error message when failing to write a PID file.
274 * Ignore spaces at end of lines in config files.
276 * Fix handling of late packets.
278 * Unify BSD tun/tap device handling. This allows IPv6 on tun devices and
279 anything on tap devices as long as the underlying OS supports it.
281 * Handle IPv6 on Solaris tun devices.
283 * Allow tinc to work properly under Windows XP SP2.
285 * Allow VLAN tagged Ethernet frames in switch and hub mode.
287 * Experimental PMTUDiscovery, TunnelServer and BlockingTCP options.
289 version 1.0.2 Nov 8 2003
291 * Fix address and hostname resolving under Windows.
293 * Remove warnings about non-existing scripts and unsupported address families.
295 * Use the event logger under Windows.
297 * Fix quoting of filenames and command line arguments under Windows.
299 * Strict checks for length incoming network packets and return values of
300 cryptographic functions,
302 * Fix a bug in metadata handling that made the tinc daemon abort.
304 version 1.0.1 Aug 14 2003
306 * Allow empty lines in config files.
308 * Fix handling of spaces and backslashes in filenames under native Windows.
310 * Allow scripts to be executed under native Windows.
312 * Update documentation, make it less Linux specific.
314 version 1.0 Aug 4 2003
316 * Lots of small bugfixes and code cleanups.
318 * Throughput doubled and latency reduced.
320 * Added support for LZO compression.
322 * No need to set MAC address or disable ARP anymore.
324 * Added support for Windows 2000 and XP, both natively and in a Cygwin
327 version 1.0pre8 Sep 16 2002
329 * More fixes for subnets with prefixlength undivisible by 8.
331 * Added support for NetBSD and MacOS/X.
333 * Switched from undirected graphs to directed graphs to avoid certain race
334 conditions and improve scalability.
336 * Generalized broadcasting and forwarding of protocol messages.
338 * Cleanup of source code.
341 version 1.0pre7 Apr 7 2002
343 * Don't do blocking read()s when getting a signal.
345 * Remove RSA key checking code, since it sometimes thinks perfectly good RSA
348 * Fix handling of subnets when prefixlength isn't divisible by 8.
351 version 1.0pre6 Mar 27 2002
353 * Improvement of redundant links:
355 * Non-blocking connects.
357 * Protocol broadcast messages can no longer go into an infinite loop.
359 * Graph algorithm updated to look harder for direct connections.
361 * Good support for routing IPv6 packets over the VPN. Works on Linux,
362 FreeBSD, possibly OpenBSD but not on Solaris.
364 * Support for tunnels over IPv6 networks. Works on all supported
367 * Optional compression of UDP connections using zlib.
369 * Optionally let UDP connections inherit TOS field of tunneled packets.
371 * Optionally start scripts when certain hosts become (un)reachable.
374 version 1.0pre5 Feb 9 2002
376 * Security enhancements:
378 * Added sequence number and optional message authentication code to
381 * Configurable encryption cipher and digest algorithms.
383 * More robust handling of dis- and reconnects.
385 * Added a "switch" and a "hub" mode to allow bridging setups.
387 * Preliminary support for routing of IPv6 packets.
389 * Supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris.
392 It looks like this might be the last release before 1.0.
395 version 1.0pre4 Jan 17 2001
397 * Updated documentation; the documentation now reflects the
398 configuration as it is.
400 * Some internal changes to make tinc scale better for large
401 networks, such as using AVL trees instead of linked lists for the
404 * RSA keys can be stored in separate files if needed. See the
405 documentation for more information.
407 * tinc has now been reported to run on Linux PowerPC and FreeBSD x86.
411 version 1.0pre3 Oct 31 2000
413 * The protocol has been redesigned, and although some details are
414 still under discussion, this is secure. Care has been taken to
415 resist most, if not all, attacks.
417 * Unfortunately this protocol is not compatible with earlier versions,
418 nor are earlier versions compatible with this version. Because the
419 older protocol has huge security flaws, we feel that not
420 implementing backwards compatibility is justified.
422 * Some data about the protocol:
424 * It uses public/private RSA keys for authentication (this is the
425 actual fix for the security hole).
427 * All cryptographic functions have been taken out of tinc, instead
428 it uses the OpenSSL library functions.
430 * Offers support for multiple subnets per tinc daemon.
432 * New is also the support for the universal tun/tap device. This
433 means better portability to FreeBSD and Solaris.
435 * tinc is tested to compile on Solaris, Linux x86, Linux alpha.
437 * tinc now uses the OpenSSL library for cryptographic operations.
438 More information on getting and installing OpenSSL is in the manual.
439 This also means that the GMP library is no longer required.
441 * Further, thanks to Enrique Zanardi, we have Spanish messages; Matias
442 Carrasco provided us with a Spanish translation of the manual.
445 What still needs to be done before 1.0:
447 * Documentation. Especially since the protocol has changed, and a lot
448 of configuration directives have been added.
453 version 1.0pre2 May 31 2000
455 * This version has been internationalized; and a Dutch translation has
458 * Two configuration variables have been added:
459 * VpnMask - the IP network mask for the entire VPN, not just our
460 subnet (as given by MyVirtualIP). The Redhat and Debian packages
461 use this variable in their system startup scripts, but it is
463 * Hostnames - if set to `yes', look up the names of IP addresses
464 trying to connect to us. Default set to `no', to prevent lockups
467 * The system startup scripts for Debian and Redhat use
468 /etc/tinc/nets.boot to find out which networks need to be started
471 * Fixes to prevent denial of service attacks by sending random data
472 after connecting (and even when the connection has been established),
473 either random garbage or just nonsensical protocol fields.
475 * tinc will retry to connect upon startup, does not quit if it doesn't
478 * Hosts that are disconnected implicitly if we lose a connection get
479 deleted from the internal list, to prevent hogging eachother with
480 add and delete requests when the connection is restored.
483 What still needs to be done before 1.0:
486 * Failover ConnectTo lines, try another one if the first doesn't work.
491 version 1.0pre1 May 12 2000
493 * Various other bugfixes
494 * Documentation updates
496 version 0.3.3 Feb 9 2000
497 * Fixed bug that made tinc stop working with latest kernels (Guus
501 version 0.3.2 Nov 12 1999
502 * no more `Invalid filedescriptor' when working with multiple
504 * forward unknown packets to uplink
506 version 0.3.1 Oct 20 1999
507 * fixed a bug where tinc would exit without a trace
509 version 0.3 Aug 20 1999
510 * pings now work immediately
511 * all packet sizes get transmitted correctly
513 version 0.2.26 Aug 15 1999
514 * fixed some remaining bugs
515 * --sysconfdir works with configure
516 * last version before 0.3
518 version 0.2.25 Aug 8 1999
519 * improved stability, going towards 0.3 now.
521 version 0.2.24 Aug 7 1999
522 * added key aging, there's a new config variable, KeyExpire.
523 * updated man and info pages
525 version 0.2.23 Aug 5 1999
526 * all known bugs fixed, this is a candidate for 0.3
528 version 0.2.22 Apr 11 1999
529 * multiconnection thing is now working nearly perfect :)
531 version 0.2.21 Apr 10 1999
532 * You shouldn't notice a thing, but a lot has changed wrt key
533 management - except that it refuses to talk to versions < 0.2.20
537 version 0.2.19 Apr 3 1999
538 * don't install a libcipher.so
540 version 0.2.18 Apr 3 1999
541 * blowfish library dynamically loaded upon execution
542 * included Eric Young's IDEA library
544 version 0.2.17 Apr 1 1999
545 * tincd now re-executes itself in case of a segmentation fault.
547 version 0.2.16 Apr 1 1999
548 * wrote tincd.conf(5) man page, which still needs a lot of work.
549 * config file now accepts and tolerates spaces, and any integer base
550 for integer variables, and better error reporting. See
551 doc/tincd.conf.sample for an example.
553 version 0.2.15 Mar 29 1999
556 version 0.2.14 Feb 10 1999
557 * added --timeout flag and PingTimeout configuration
558 * did some first syslog cleanup work
560 version 0.2.13 Jan 23 1999
563 version 0.2.12 Jan 23 1999
564 * fixed nauseating bug so that it would crash whenever a connection
567 version 0.2.11 Jan 22 1999
568 * framework for multiple connections has been done
569 * simple manpage for tincd
571 version 0.2.10 Jan 18 1999
572 * passphrase support added
574 version 0.2.9 Jan 13 1999
577 version 0.2.8 Jan 11 1999
578 * a reworked protocol version
580 * more reliable networking code
581 * automatic reconnection
582 * still does not work with more than one connection :)
583 * strips MAC addresses before sending, so there's less overhead, and
586 version 0.2.7 Jan 3 1999
587 * several updates to make extending more easy.
589 version 0.2.6 Dec 20 1998
590 * Point-to-Point connections have been established, including
591 blowfish encryption and a secret key-exchange.
593 version 0.2.5 Dec 16 1998
594 * Project renamed to tinc, in honour of TINC.
596 version 0.2.4 Dec 16 1998
597 * now it really does ;)
599 version 0.2.3 Nov 24 1998
600 * it sort of works now
602 version 0.2.2 Nov 20 1998
605 version 0.2.1 Nov 14 1998
projects / tinc / blob