X-Git-Url: https://tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ftinc.texi;h=70f36599df35c15c39c5f22592dbcbd2ffa7030e;hp=cd972dec2df9ed7cf3119bf9c98da2419294c434;hb=d07e8f96387f2a50f2e4f9eaf40e9034f8a5435f;hpb=e895b358db8863d19dfa3d77c861ae19b76bc750 diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi index cd972dec..70f36599 100644 --- a/doc/tinc.texi +++ b/doc/tinc.texi @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ packets. @cindex release For an up to date list of supported platforms, please check the list on our website: -@uref{http://www.tinc-vpn.org/platforms}. +@uref{http://www.tinc-vpn.org/platforms/}. @c @c @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ For all cryptography-related functions, tinc uses the functions provided by the OpenSSL library. If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when configuring -tinc for build. Support for running tinc without having OpenSSL +tinc for build. Support for running tinc with other cryptographic libraries installed @emph{may} be added in the future. You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if @@ -413,9 +413,11 @@ Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer For the optional compression of UDP packets, tinc uses the functions provided by the zlib library. -If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when configuring -tinc for build. Support for running tinc without having zlib -installed @emph{may} be added in the future. +If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when running the +configure script. You can either install the zlib library, or disable support +for zlib compression by using the "--disable-zlib" option when running the +configure script. Note that if you disable support for zlib, the resulting +binary will not work correctly on VPNs where zlib compression is used. You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if available. Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions @@ -433,11 +435,13 @@ default). @subsection lzo @cindex lzo -Another form of compression is offered using the lzo library. +Another form of compression is offered using the LZO library. -If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when configuring -tinc for build. Support for running tinc without having lzo -installed @emph{may} be added in the future. +If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when running the +configure script. You can either install the LZO library, or disable support +for LZO compression by using the "--disable-lzo" option when running the +configure script. Note that if you disable support for LZO, the resulting +binary will not work correctly on VPNs where LZO compression is used. You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if available. Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions @@ -470,7 +474,7 @@ system startup scripts and sample configurations. If you cannot use one of the precompiled packages, or you want to compile tinc for yourself, you can use the source. The source is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Download the source from the -@uref{http://www.tinc-vpn.org/download, download page}, which has +@uref{http://www.tinc-vpn.org/download/, download page}, which has the checksums of these files listed; you may wish to check these with md5sum before continuing. @@ -511,7 +515,7 @@ The documentation that comes along with your distribution will tell you how to d In order to build tinc on Darwin, you need to install the MacOS/X Developer Tools from @uref{http://developer.apple.com/tools/macosxtools.html} and -a recent version of Fink from @uref{http://fink.sourceforge.net/}. +a recent version of Fink from @uref{http://www.finkproject.org/}. After installation use fink to download and install the following packages: autoconf25, automake, dlcompat, m4, openssl, zlib and lzo. @@ -639,7 +643,7 @@ you will not find the answers in this documentation. Make sure you have an adequate understanding of networks in general. @cindex Network Administrators Guide A good resource on networking is the -@uref{http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/nag2/, Linux Network Administrators Guide}. +@uref{http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/, Linux Network Administrators Guide}. If you have everything clearly pictured in your mind, proceed in the following order: @@ -1042,10 +1046,6 @@ This is the full path name of the RSA private key file that was generated by @samp{tincd --generate-keys}. It must be a full path, not a relative directory. -Note that there must be exactly one of PrivateKey -or PrivateKeyFile -specified in the configuration file. - @cindex ProcessPriority @item ProcessPriority = When this option is used the priority of the tincd process will be adjusted. @@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ MAC addresses are notated like 0:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e. Prefixlength is the number of bits set to 1 in the netmask part; for example: netmask 255.255.255.0 would become /24, 255.255.252.0 becomes /22. This conforms to standard CIDR notation as described in -@uref{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1519.txt, RFC1519} +@uref{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1519.txt, RFC1519} @cindex Subnet weight A Subnet can be given a weight to indicate its priority over identical Subnets