Merge branch 'master' of git://tinc-vpn.org/tinc into 1.1

[tinc] / doc / tinc.conf.5.in

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@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ It is possible to bind only to a single interface with this variable.
 .Pp
 This option may not work on all platforms.
 
+.It Va Broadcast Li = yes | no Po yes Pc Bq experimental
+When disabled, tinc will drop all broadcast and multicast packets, in both router and switch mode.
+
 .It Va ConnectTo Li = Ar name
 Specifies which other tinc daemon to connect to on startup.
 Multiple
@@ -168,6 +171,14 @@ If you don't specify a host with
 won't try to connect to other daemons at all,
 and will instead just listen for incoming connections.
 
+.It Va DecrementTTL Li = yes | no Po yes Pc
+When enabled,
+.Nm tinc
+will decrement the Time To Live field in IPv4 packets, or the Hop Limit field in IPv6 packets,
+before forwarding a received packet to the virtual network device or to another node,
+and will drop packets that have a TTL value of zero,
+in which case it will send an ICMP Time Exceeded packet back.
+
 .It Va Device Li = Ar device Po Pa /dev/tap0 , Pa /dev/net/tun No or other depending on platform Pc
 The virtual network device to use.
 .Nm tinc
@@ -250,6 +261,21 @@ but which would have to be forwarded by an intermediate node, are dropped instea
 When combined with the IndirectData option,
 packets for nodes for which we do not have a meta connection with are also dropped.
 
+.It Va ECDSAPrivateKeyFile Li = Ar filename Po Pa @sysconfdir@/tinc/ Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa /ecdsa_key.priv Pc
+The file in which the private ECDSA key of this tinc daemon resides.
+This is only used if
+.Va ExperimentalProtocol
+is enabled.
+
+.It Va ExperimentalProtocol Li = yes | no Po no Pc Bq experimental
+When this option is enabled, experimental protocol enhancements will be used.
+Ephemeral ECDH will be used for key exchanges,
+and ECDSA will be used instead of RSA for authentication.
+When enabled, an ECDSA key must have been generated before with
+.Nm tincctl generate-ecdsa-keys .
+The experimental protocol may change at any time,
+and there is no guarantee that tinc will run stable when it is used.
+
 .It Va Forwarding Li = off | internal | kernel Po internal Pc Bq experimental
 This option selects the way indirect packets are forwarded.
 .Bl -tag -width indent
@@ -309,6 +335,18 @@ This option controls the period the encryption keys used to encrypt the data are
 It is common practice to change keys at regular intervals to make it even harder for crackers,
 even though it is thought to be nearly impossible to crack a single key.
 
+.It Va LocalDiscovery Li = yes | no Po no Pc Bq experimental
+When enabled,
+.Nm tinc
+will try to detect peers that are on the same local network.
+This will allow direct communication using LAN addresses, even if both peers are behind a NAT
+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 broadcast packets to the LAN during path MTU discovery.
+This feature may not work in all possible situations.
+
 .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