X-Git-Url: https://tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FPROTOCOL;h=3ac958497f3aef9551f0f99c97e537f9464d5ae8;hp=15c15a9d546d1275dce2cc039d59630b593f824d;hb=HEAD;hpb=7926a156e5b118d06295228e57de0cc9de0433b4 diff --git a/doc/PROTOCOL b/doc/PROTOCOL index 15c15a9d..3ac95849 100644 --- a/doc/PROTOCOL +++ b/doc/PROTOCOL @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ This is the protocol documentation for tinc, a Virtual Private Network daemon. - Copyright 2000-2004 Guus Sliepen , - 2000-2004 Ivo Timmmermans + Copyright 2000-2006 Guus Sliepen , + 2000-2005 Ivo Timmmermans Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this documentation provided the copyright notice and this @@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ This is the protocol documentation for tinc, a Virtual Private Network daemon. provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. - $Id$ - - 1. Protocols used in tinc ------------------------- @@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ is pretty basic. A data packet can only be sent if the encryption key, cipher and digest are known to both parties, and the connection is activated. If the encryption key is not known, a request is sent to the destination using the meta connection to -retreive it. +retrieve it. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 97 98 99 100 | seqno | data | MAC | @@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ daemon and to read and write requests by hand, provided that one understands the numeric codes sent. The authentication scheme is described in the SECURITY2 file. After a -succesful authentication, the server and the client will exchange all the +successful authentication, the server and the client will exchange all the information about other tinc daemons and subnets they know of, so that both sides (and all the other tinc daemons behind them) have their information synchronised.