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1GVPE NEWS 1GVPE NEWS
2 2
3TODO: bridge mode, finally? 3TODO: bridge mode, finally?
4TODO: gcm mode?
5TODO: replace ripemd160 as the only authentication hash.
6TODO: increase rsa size.
7TODO: replace transport bits by transport endpoint structs?
8TODO: ecdh to avoid session replay attacks
9TODO: http://incog-izick.blogspot.de/2011/08/using-openssl-aes-gcm.html
10TODO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12153009/openssl-c-example-of-aes-gcm-using-evp-interfaces
4 11
12proposed: 3 types, req, resreq, res
13
14req (hmac1) rsa(seqno1 hmac1 aes1 seqno2 hmac2 aes2 auth) ecdh1
15res (hmac1) hash(rsa-contents) ecdh2
16
17req hmac0(*) rsa(seqno hmac0 hmac aes auth) hkdf-salt ecdh1
18res hmac0(rsa-contents ecdh2)
19 hmac_key = hkdf(hkdf-salt, hmac | ecdh)
20 aes_key = hkdf(hkdf-salt, aes | ecdh)
21
22TODO: protocol magic fixen(!!!)
23TODO: "global"
24TODO: verify
25TODO: make sense of overhead calculation
26TODO: if-up &c should not be scripts?
27 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: core protocol version 1.0.
28 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: node sextions are now introduced
29 with "node nodename", not "node = nodename".
30 - while individual packets couldn't be replayed, a whole session
31 could be replayed - this has been fixed by an extra key exchange.
32 - in addition to rsa key exchange and authentication, the handshake now
33 adds a diffie-hellman key exchange (using curve25119) for perfect
34 forward secrecy. mac and cipher keys are derived using HKDF.
35 - rsa key sizes are now configurable and larger (default is 3072).
36 correspondingly, the minimum mtu is no longer 296 but 576.
37 - fixed a potential (unverified) buffer overrun on rsa decryption.
38 - gvpectrl no longer generates all missing public keys, but
39 only missing private keys. private keys are also put
40 into the configured location.
41 - the pid-file now accepts %s as nodename as elsewhere.
42 - no longer use RAND_bytes to generate session keys - you NEED
43 a real source of entropy now (e.g. egd or /dev/random - see the
44 openssl documentation).
45 - multiple node statements for the same node are now supported
46 and will be merged.
47 - a new directive "global" switches back to the global section
48 of the config file.
49 - 12 random prefix bytes are now properly supported, leading to
50 a fully random IV.
51 - use aes with a random key in counter-mode to generate IVs,
52 for speed reasons (generating 12 random bytes with openssl can
53 take longer than encrypting and mac'ing a 1.5kb packet, and IVs
54 do not need to be cryptographically strong random numbers
55 (and in fact, shouldn't be)).
56 - if-up scripts can now be specified with absolute paths.
57 - new global option: serial, to detect configuration mismatches.
58 - use HKDF as authentication proof, not HMAC or a plain hash
59 (hint by Ilmari Karonen).
60
612.25 Sat Jul 13 06:42:33 CEST 2013
5 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: no longer enable udp protocol if no other 62 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: no longer enable udp protocol if no other
6 protocols are enabled - this is necessary when you have nodes with 63 protocols are enabled - this is necessary when you have nodes with
7 completely unknown protocols, to force mediated connection requests. 64 completely unknown protocols, to force mediated connection requests.
8 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: dns transport protocol bumped to version 2. 65 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: dns transport protocol bumped to version 2.
66 - core protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases.
9 - switch to using RSA_generate_key_ex, which is the badly documented 67 - switch to using RSA_generate_key_ex, which is the badly documented
10 and needlessly more complicated replacement for the RSA_generate_key 68 and needlessly more complicated replacement for the RSA_generate_key
11 function which is now deprecated. 69 function which is now deprecated.
70 - support additional hmac hashes: sha256 and sha512, usually truncated.
12 - change public exponent for rsa keys from 65535 to 65537, for 71 - change public exponent for rsa keys from 65535 to 65537, for
13 efficiency reasons - only affects new keys. 72 efficiency reasons - only affects new keys.
14 - nodes would sometimes declare transport endpoints valid despite 73 - nodes would sometimes declare transport endpoints valid despite
15 the protocol not being configured locally. 74 the protocol not being configured locally.
16 - core protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases.
17 - new global configuration options: chroot, chuser, chuid, chgid, 75 - new global configuration options: chroot, chuser, chuid, chgid,
18 to chroot to a specified or anonymous new root, and change user id. 76 to chroot to a specified or anonymous new root, and change user id.
77 - new global configuration options seed_device and seed_interval,
78 to configure another device than /dev/urandom for random seeds,
79 and to configure a regular interval to reseed the rng.
19 - prefer inet_aton over gethostbyname, as the latter is not guaranteed 80 - prefer inet_aton over gethostbyname, as the latter is not guaranteed
20 to "resolve" literal ip addresses. 81 to "resolve" literal ip addresses.
21 - configure didn't detect openssl 1.0 because SHA1_version became private 82 - configure didn't detect openssl 1.0 because SHA1_version became private
22 (patch by TANIGUCHI Takaki). 83 (patch by TANIGUCHI Takaki).
23 - fix a bug where nodes would tell the other side that it supports 84 - fix a bug where nodes would tell the other side that it supports
28 - gvpectrl no longer evaluates any "on" directives. 89 - gvpectrl no longer evaluates any "on" directives.
29 - icmp and rawip protocols weren't upgradable to each other. 90 - icmp and rawip protocols weren't upgradable to each other.
30 - major, but incremental, dns transport improvements: 91 - major, but incremental, dns transport improvements:
31 - do not simply abort in some error cases in the dns transport, 92 - do not simply abort in some error cases in the dns transport,
32 but try to recover. 93 but try to recover.
33 - allow lowercase/uppercase alises for base-n encodings that do 94 - allow lowercase/uppercase aliases for base-n encodings that do
34 not rely on case. 95 not rely on case.
35 - use base26 instead of base22 encoding for dns syn's, and 96 - use base26 instead of base22 encoding for dns syn's, and
36 base36 instead of base22 for headers (saves one byte/packet). 97 base36 instead of base22 for headers (saves one byte/packet).
37 - back off far quicker in dns tunnel when idling - increases 98 - back off far quicker in dns tunnel when idling - increases
38 latency on an idle link somewhat, but avoids hundreds of 99 latency on an idle link somewhat, but avoids hundreds of
41 second as opposed to once per 5 seconds). 102 second as opposed to once per 5 seconds).
42 - reduce dns send payload size to allow greater rate of ack 103 - reduce dns send payload size to allow greater rate of ack
43 messages (should help sack and ipv6). 104 messages (should help sack and ipv6).
44 - allow for ip options in rawip/icmp transports, even though gvpe 105 - allow for ip options in rawip/icmp transports, even though gvpe
45 doesn't generate them. 106 doesn't generate them.
107 - upgrade to autoconf 2.69, automake 1.11.
46 - upgrade to libev 4 API. 108 - upgrade to libev 4 API.
109 - replace COPYING file by actual GPLv3 - files were relicensed to GPLv3
110 earlier but COPYING was forgotten.
47 111
482.24 Sat Feb 12 05:15:48 CET 2011 1122.24 Sat Feb 12 05:15:48 CET 2011
49 - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. 113 - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases.
50 - due to a bug, when packets were lost, a connection could go into a 114 - due to a bug, when packets were lost, a connection could go into a
51 state where a ping/connection request from another node would be 115 state where a ping/connection request from another node would be
96 - work around the horribly inconsistent, ad-hoc, ever-changing 160 - work around the horribly inconsistent, ad-hoc, ever-changing
97 and broken texinfo syntax. YMMV. avoid texinfo. 161 and broken texinfo syntax. YMMV. avoid texinfo.
98 - keepalive is more aggressive now, sensding ping's every 3 seconds 162 - keepalive is more aggressive now, sensding ping's every 3 seconds
99 and killing the conenction after 15 seconds. 163 and killing the conenction after 15 seconds.
100 - bugfixes. 164 - bugfixes.
101 - autoconf 2.69, automake 1.11.
102 165
1032.01 Thu Mar 29 19:26:04 CEST 2007 1662.01 Thu Mar 29 19:26:04 CEST 2007
104 - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases. 167 - protocol version 0.1, compatible with older releases.
105 - bugfix of callback.h, might have cause callback return values to 168 - bugfix of callback.h, might have cause callback return values to
106 be corrupted on architectures like sparc before. 169 be corrupted on architectures like sparc before.

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