-.Dd 2014-01-29
+.Dd 2016-04-11
.Dt TINC.CONF 5
.\" Manual page created by:
.\" Ivo Timmermans
and the host configuration files are now expected to be in
.Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/hosts/ .
.Sh NAMES
-Each tinc daemon should have a name that is unique in the network which it will be part of.
+Each tinc daemon must have a name that is unique in the network which it will be part of.
The name will be used by other tinc daemons for identification.
The name has to be declared in the
.Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc.conf
IPv6 listening sockets will be created.
.It Va AutoConnect Li = yes | no Po no Pc Bq experimental
If set to yes,
-.Nm
+.Nm tinc
will automatically set up meta connections to other nodes,
without requiring
.Va ConnectTo
variables.
+.Pp
+Note: it is not possible to connect to nodes using zero (system-assigned) ports in this way.
.It Va BindToAddress Li = Ar address Op Ar port
This is the same as
.Va ListenAddress ,
.Nm tinc
won't know what to do with them.
.Pp
-Note that global broadcast addresses (MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IPv4 255.255.255.255), as well as IPv6 multicast space (ff00::/8) are always considered broadcast addresses and don't need to be declared.
+Note that global broadcast addresses (MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IPv4 255.255.255.255), as well as multicast space (IPv4 224.0.0.0/4, IPv6 ff00::/8) are always considered broadcast addresses and don't need to be declared.
.It Va ConnectTo Li = Ar name
Specifies which other tinc daemon to connect to on startup.
Multiple
to start with a four byte header containing the address family,
followed by an IP header.
This mode should support both IPv4 and IPv6 packets.
+.It utun Pq OS X
+Set type to utun.
+This is only supported on OS X version 10.6.8 and higher, but doesn't require the tuntaposx module.
+This mode should support both IPv4 and IPv6 packets.
.It tap Pq BSD and Linux
Set type to tap.
Tinc will expect packets read from the virtual network device
.Li *
for the
.Ar address .
+.Pp
+If
+.Ar port
+is set to zero, it will be randomly assigned by the system. This is useful to randomize source ports of UDP packets, which can improve UDP hole punching reliability. In this case it is recommended to set
+.Va AddressFamily
+as well, otherwise
+.Nm tinc
+will assign different ports to different address families but other nodes can only know of one.
.It Va LocalDiscovery Li = yes | no Pq yes
When enabled,
.Nm tinc
and they only ConnectTo a third node outside the NAT,
which normally would prevent the peers from learning each other's LAN address.
.Pp
-Currently, local discovery is implemented by sending some packets to the local address of the node during path MTU discovery. This will not work with old nodes that don't transmit their local address.
+Currently, local discovery is implemented by sending some packets to the local address of the node during UDP discovery. This will not work with old nodes that don't transmit their local address.
.It Va MACExpire Li = Ar seconds Pq 600
This option controls the amount of time MAC addresses are kept before they are removed.
This only has effect when
.It Va Name Li = Ar name Bq required
This is the name which identifies this tinc daemon.
It must be unique for the virtual private network this daemon will connect to.
-The Name may only consist of alphanumeric and underscore characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and _), and is case sensitive.
+.Va Name
+may only consist of alphanumeric and underscore characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and _), and is case sensitive.
If
.Va Name
starts with a
.Ev REMOTEPORT
are available.
.El
-.It Va ReplayWindow Li = Ar bytes Pq 16
+.It Va ReplayWindow Li = Ar bytes Pq 32
This is the size of the replay tracking window for each remote node, in bytes.
The window is a bitfield which tracks 1 packet per bit, so for example
-the default setting of 16 will track up to 128 packets in the window. In high
+the default setting of 32 will track up to 256 packets in the window. In high
bandwidth scenarios, setting this to a higher value can reduce packet loss from
the interaction of replay tracking with underlying real packet loss and/or
reordering. Setting this to zero will disable replay tracking completely and
.Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /hosts/
directory.
Setting this options also implicitly sets StrictSubnets.
-.It Va UDPRcvBuf Li = Ar bytes Pq OS default
+.It Va UDPDiscovery Li = yes | no Po yes Pc
+When this option is enabled tinc will try to establish UDP connectivity to nodes,
+using TCP while it determines if a node is reachable over UDP. If it is disabled,
+tinc always assumes a node is reachable over UDP.
+Note that tinc will never use UDP with nodes that have
+.Va TCPOnly
+enabled.
+.It Va UDPDiscoveryKeepaliveInterval Li = Ar seconds Pq 9
+The minimum amount of time between sending UDP ping datagrams to check UDP connectivity once it has been established.
+Note that these pings are large, since they are used to verify link MTU as well.
+.It Va UDPDiscoveryInterval Li = Ar seconds Pq 2
+The minimum amount of time between sending UDP ping datagrams to try to establish UDP connectivity.
+.It Va UDPDiscoveryTimeout Li = Ar seconds Pq 30
+If tinc doesn't receive any UDP ping replies over the specified interval,
+it will assume UDP communication is broken and will fall back to TCP.
+.It Va UDPInfoInterval Li = Ar seconds Pq 5
+The minimum amount of time between sending periodic updates about UDP addresses, which are mostly useful for UDP hole punching.
+.It Va UDPRcvBuf Li = Ar bytes Pq 1048576
Sets the socket receive buffer size for the UDP socket, in bytes.
-If unset, the default buffer size will be used by the operating system.
-.It Va UDPSndBuf Li = Ar bytes Pq OS default
+If set to zero, the default buffer size will be used by the operating system.
+Note: this setting can have a significant impact on performance, especially raw throughput.
+.It Va UDPSndBuf Li = Ar bytes Pq 1048576
Sets the socket send buffer size for the UDP socket, in bytes.
-If unset, the default buffer size will be used by the operating system.
+If set to zero, the default buffer size will be used by the operating system.
+Note: this setting can have a significant impact on performance, especially raw throughput.
+.It Va UPnP Li = yes | udponly | no Po no Pc
+If this option is enabled then tinc will search for UPnP-IGD devices on the local network.
+It will then create and maintain port mappings for tinc's listening TCP and UDP ports.
+If set to "udponly", tinc will only create a mapping for its UDP (data) port, not for its TCP (metaconnection) port.
+Note that tinc must have been built with miniupnpc support for this feature to be available.
+Furthermore, be advised that enabling this can have security implications, because the miniupnpc library that
+tinc uses might not be well-hardened with regard to malicious UPnP replies.
+.It Va UPnPDiscoverWait Li = Ar seconds Pq 5
+The amount of time to wait for replies when probing the local network for UPnP devices.
+.It Va UPnPRefreshPeriod Li = Ar seconds Pq 60
+How often tinc will re-add the port mapping, in case it gets reset on the UPnP device. This also controls the duration of the port mapping itself, which will be set to twice that duration.
.El
.Sh HOST CONFIGURATION FILES
The host configuration files contain all information needed
connection has been established.
.It Va Cipher Li = Ar cipher Pq blowfish
The symmetric cipher algorithm used to encrypt UDP packets.
-Any cipher supported by OpenSSL is recognised.
+Any cipher supported by LibreSSL or OpenSSL is recognised.
Furthermore, specifying
.Qq none
will turn off packet encryption.
10 (fast lzo) and 11 (best lzo).
.It Va Digest Li = Ar digest Pq sha1
The digest algorithm used to authenticate UDP packets.
-Any digest supported by OpenSSL is recognised.
+Any digest supported by LibreSSL or OpenSSL is recognised.
Furthermore, specifying
.Qq none
will turn off packet authentication.
.It Va PMTUDiscovery Li = yes | no Po yes Pc
When this option is enabled, tinc will try to discover the path MTU to this node.
After the path MTU has been discovered, it will be enforced on the VPN.
+.It Va MTUInfoInterval Li = Ar seconds Pq 5
+The minimum amount of time between sending periodic updates about relay path MTU. Useful for quickly determining MTU to indirect nodes.
.It Va Port Li = Ar port Pq 655
The port number on which this tinc daemon is listening for incoming connections,
which is used if no port number is specified in an
.Va Address
statement.
+.Pp
+If this is set to zero, the port will be randomly assigned by the system. This is useful to randomize source ports of UDP packets, which can improve UDP hole punching reliability. When setting
+.Va Port
+to zero it is recommended to set
+.Va AddressFamily
+as well, otherwise
+.Nm tinc
+will assign different ports to different address families but other nodes can only know of one.
.It Va PublicKey Li = Ar key Bq obsolete
The public RSA key of this tinc daemon.
It will be used to cryptographically verify it's identity and to set up a secure connection.
.Sh SCRIPTS
Apart from reading the server and host configuration files,
tinc can also run scripts at certain moments.
-Under Windows (not Cygwin), the scripts should have the extension
+Below is a list of filenames of scripts and a description of when they are run.
+A script is only run if it exists and if it is executable.
+.Pp
+Scripts are run synchronously;
+this means that tinc will temporarily stop processing packets until the called script finishes executing.
+This guarantees that scripts will execute in the exact same order as the events that trigger them.
+If you need to run commands asynchronously, you have to ensure yourself that they are being run in the background.
+.Pp
+Under Windows (not Cygwin), the scripts must have the extension
.Pa .bat
or
-.Pa cmd .
+.Pa .cmd .
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-up
This is the most important script.
is used).
It should be used to set up the corresponding network interface,
but can also be used to start other things.
+.Pp
Under Windows you can use the Network Connections control panel instead of creating this script.
.It Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /tinc-down
This script is started right before the tinc daemon quits (or when the last node becomes unreachable if
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr tincd 8 ,
.Xr tinc 8 ,
-.Pa http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
+.Pa https://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
.Pa http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/ .
.Pp
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