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| 126 | .IX Title "GVPE.CONF 5" |
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| 127 | .TH GVPE.CONF 5 "2010-09-10" "2.22" "GNU Virtual Private Ethernet" |
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| 130 | .if n .ad l |
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| 131 | .nh |
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| 132 | .SH "NAME" |
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| 133 | gvpe.conf \- configuration file for the GNU VPE daemon |
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| 134 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
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| 135 | .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
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| 136 | .Vb 4 |
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| 137 | \& # global options for all nodes |
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| 138 | \& udp\-port = 407 |
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| 139 | \& mtu = 1492 |
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| 140 | \& ifname = vpn0 |
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| 141 | \& |
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| 142 | \& # first node is named branch1 and is at 1.2.3.4 |
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| 143 | \& node = branch1 |
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| 144 | \& hostname = 1.2.3.4 |
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| 145 | \& |
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| 146 | \& # second node uses dns to resolve the address |
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| 147 | \& node = branch2 |
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| 148 | \& hostname = www.example.net |
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| 149 | \& udp\-port = 500 # this host uses a different udp\-port |
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| 150 | \& |
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| 151 | \& # third node has no fixed ip address |
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| 152 | \& node = branch3 |
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| 153 | \& connect = ondemand |
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| 154 | .Ve |
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| 155 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
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| 156 | .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" |
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| 157 | The gvpe config file consists of a series of lines that contain \f(CW\*(C`variable |
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| 158 | = value\*(C'\fR pairs. Empty lines are ignored. Comments start with a \f(CW\*(C`#\*(C'\fR and |
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| 159 | extend to the end of the line. They can be used on their own lines, or |
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| 160 | after any directives. Whitespace is allowed around the \f(CW\*(C`=\*(C'\fR sign or after |
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| 161 | values, but not within the variable names or values themselves. |
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| 162 | .PP |
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| 163 | The only exception to the above is the \*(L"on\*(R" directive that can prefix any |
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| 164 | \&\f(CW\*(C`name = value\*(C'\fR setting and will only \*(L"execute\*(R" it on the named node, or |
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| 165 | (if the nodename starts with \*(L"!\*(R") on all nodes except the named one. |
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| 166 | .PP |
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| 167 | For example, set the \s-1MTU\s0 to \f(CW1450\fR everywhere, loglevel to \f(CW\*(C`noise\*(C'\fR on |
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| 168 | branch1, and connect to \f(CW\*(C`ondemand\*(C'\fR everywhere but on branch2: |
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| 169 | .PP |
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| 170 | .Vb 3 |
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| 171 | \& mtu = 1450 |
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| 172 | \& on branch1 loglevel = noise |
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| 173 | \& on !branch2 connect = ondemand |
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| 174 | .Ve |
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| 175 | .PP |
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| 176 | All settings are applied \*(L"in order\*(R", that is, later settings of the same |
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| 177 | variable overwrite earlier ones. |
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| 178 | .SH "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE" |
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| 179 | .IX Header "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE" |
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| 180 | Usually, a config file starts with a few global settings (like the \s-1UDP\s0 |
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| 181 | port to listen on), followed by node-specific sections that begin with a |
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| 182 | \&\f(CW\*(C`node = nickname\*(C'\fR line. |
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| 183 | .PP |
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| 184 | Every node that is part of the network must have a section that starts |
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| 185 | with \f(CW\*(C`node = nickname\*(C'\fR. The number and order of the nodes is important |
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| 186 | and must be the same on all nodes. It is not uncommon for node sections to |
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| 187 | be completely empty \- if the default values are right. |
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| 188 | .PP |
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| 189 | Node-specific settings can be used at any time. If used before the first |
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| 190 | node section they will set the default values for all following nodes. |
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| 191 | .SH "CONFIG VARIABLES" |
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| 192 | .IX Header "CONFIG VARIABLES" |
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| 193 | .SS "\s-1GLOBAL\s0 \s-1SETTINGS\s0" |
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| 194 | .IX Subsection "GLOBAL SETTINGS" |
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| 195 | Global settings will affect the behaviour of the running gvpe daemon, that |
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| 196 | is, they are in some sense node-specific (config files can set different |
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| 197 | values on different nodes using \f(CW\*(C`on\*(C'\fR), but will affect the behaviour of |
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| 198 | the gvpe daemon and all connections it creates. |
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| 199 | .IP "dns-forw-host = hostname/ip" 4 |
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| 200 | .IX Item "dns-forw-host = hostname/ip" |
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| 201 | The \s-1DNS\s0 server to forward \s-1DNS\s0 requests to for the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel protocol |
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| 202 | (default: \f(CW127.0.0.1\fR, changing it is highly recommended). |
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| 203 | .IP "dns-forw-port = port-number" 4 |
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| 204 | .IX Item "dns-forw-port = port-number" |
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| 205 | The port where the \f(CW\*(C`dns\-forw\-host\*(C'\fR is to be contacted (default: \f(CW53\fR, |
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| 206 | which is fine in most cases). |
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| 207 | .IP "dns-max-outstanding = integer-number-of-requests" 4 |
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| 208 | .IX Item "dns-max-outstanding = integer-number-of-requests" |
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| 209 | The maximum number of outstanding \s-1DNS\s0 transport requests |
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| 210 | (default: \f(CW100\fR). \s-1GVPE\s0 will never issue more requests then the given |
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| 211 | limit without receiving replies. In heavily overloaded situations it might |
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| 212 | help to set this to a low number (e.g. \f(CW3\fR or even \f(CW1\fR) to limit the |
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| 213 | number of parallel requests. |
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| 214 | .Sp |
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| 215 | The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links. |
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| 216 | .IP "dns-overlap-factor = float" 4 |
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| 217 | .IX Item "dns-overlap-factor = float" |
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| 218 | The \s-1DNS\s0 transport uses the minimum request latency (\fBmin_latency\fR) seen |
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| 219 | during a connection as it's timing base. This factor (default: \f(CW0.5\fR, |
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| 220 | must be > 0) is multiplied by \fBmin_latency\fR to get the maximum sending |
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| 221 | rate (= minimum send interval), i.e. a factor of \f(CW1\fR means that a new |
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| 222 | request might be generated every \fBmin_latency\fR seconds, which means on |
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| 223 | average there should only ever be one outstanding request. A factor of |
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| 224 | \&\f(CW0.5\fR means that \s-1GVPE\s0 will send requests twice as often as the minimum |
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| 225 | latency measured. |
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| 226 | .Sp |
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| 227 | For congested or picky \s-1DNS\s0 forwarders you could use a value nearer to or |
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| 228 | exceeding \f(CW1\fR. |
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| 229 | .Sp |
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| 230 | The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links. |
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| 231 | .IP "dns-send-interval = send-interval-in-seconds" 4 |
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| 232 | .IX Item "dns-send-interval = send-interval-in-seconds" |
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| 233 | The minimum send interval (= maximum rate) that the \s-1DNS\s0 transport will |
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| 234 | use to send new \s-1DNS\s0 requests. \s-1GVPE\s0 will not exceed this rate even when |
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| 235 | the latency is very low. The default is \f(CW0.01\fR, which means \s-1GVPE\s0 will |
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| 236 | not send more than 100 \s-1DNS\s0 requests per connection per second. For |
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| 237 | high-bandwidth links you could go lower, e.g. to \f(CW0.001\fR or so. For |
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| 238 | congested or rate-limited links, you might want to go higher, say \f(CW0.1\fR, |
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| 239 | \&\f(CW0.2\fR or even higher. |
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| 240 | .Sp |
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| 241 | The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links. |
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| 242 | .IP "dns-timeout-factor = float" 4 |
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| 243 | .IX Item "dns-timeout-factor = float" |
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| 244 | Factor to multiply the \f(CW\*(C`min_latency\*(C'\fR (see \f(CW\*(C`dns\-overlap\-factor\*(C'\fR) by to |
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| 245 | get request timeouts. The default of \f(CW8\fR means that the \s-1DNS\s0 transport |
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| 246 | will resend the request when no reply has been received for longer than |
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| 247 | eight times the minimum (= expected) latency, assuming the request or |
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| 248 | reply has been lost. |
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| 249 | .Sp |
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| 250 | For congested links a higher value might be necessary (e.g. \f(CW30\fR). If |
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| 251 | the link is very stable lower values (e.g. \f(CW2\fR) might work |
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| 252 | nicely. Values near or below \f(CW1\fR makes no sense whatsoever. |
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| 253 | .Sp |
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| 254 | The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links but will result in low |
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| 255 | throughput if packet loss is high. |
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| 256 | .IP "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4 |
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| 257 | .IX Item "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path" |
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| 258 | Sets the path of a script that should be called immediately after the |
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| 259 | network interface is initialized (but not necessarily up). The following |
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| 260 | environment variables are passed to it (the values are just examples). |
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| 261 | .Sp |
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| 262 | Variables that have the same value on all nodes: |
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| 263 | .RS 4 |
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| 264 | .IP "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe" 4 |
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| 265 | .IX Item "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe" |
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| 266 | The configuration base directory. |
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| 267 | .IP "IFNAME=vpn0" 4 |
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| 268 | .IX Item "IFNAME=vpn0" |
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| 269 | The network interface to initialize. |
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| 270 | .IP "IFTYPE=native # or tincd" 4 |
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| 271 | .IX Item "IFTYPE=native # or tincd" |
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| 272 | .PD 0 |
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| 273 | .IP "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.." 4 |
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| 274 | .IX Item "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.." |
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| 275 | .PD |
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| 276 | The interface type (\f(CW\*(C`native\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`tincd\*(C'\fR) and the subtype (usually the |
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| 277 | \&\s-1OS\s0 name in lowercase) that this \s-1GVPE\s0 was configured for. Can be used to |
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| 278 | select the correct syntax to use for network-related commands. |
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| 279 | .IP "MTU=1436" 4 |
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| 280 | .IX Item "MTU=1436" |
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| 281 | The \s-1MTU\s0 to set the interface to. You can use lower values (if done |
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| 282 | consistently on all nodes), but this is usually either inefficient or |
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| 283 | simply ineffective. |
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| 284 | .IP "NODES=5" 4 |
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| 285 | .IX Item "NODES=5" |
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| 286 | The number of nodes in this \s-1GVPE\s0 network. |
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| 287 | .RE |
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| 288 | .RS 4 |
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| 289 | .Sp |
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| 290 | Variables that are node-specific and with values pertaining to the node |
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| 291 | running this \s-1GVPE:\s0 |
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| 292 | .IP "IFUPDATA=string" 4 |
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| 293 | .IX Item "IFUPDATA=string" |
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| 294 | The value of the configuration directive \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\-data\*(C'\fR. |
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| 295 | .IP "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01" 4 |
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| 296 | .IX Item "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01" |
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| 297 | The \s-1MAC\s0 address the network interface has to use. |
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| 298 | .Sp |
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| 299 | Might be used to initialize interfaces on platforms where \s-1GVPE\s0 does not |
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| 300 | do this automatically. Please see the \f(CW\*(C`gvpe.osdep(5)\*(C'\fR man page for |
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| 301 | platform-specific information. |
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| 302 | .IP "NODENAME=branch1" 4 |
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| 303 | .IX Item "NODENAME=branch1" |
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| 304 | The nickname of the node. |
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| 305 | .IP "NODEID=1" 4 |
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| 306 | .IX Item "NODEID=1" |
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| 307 | The numerical node \s-1ID\s0 of the node running this instance of \s-1GVPE\s0. The first |
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| 308 | node mentioned in the config file gets \s-1ID\s0 1, the second \s-1ID\s0 2 and so on. |
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| 309 | .RE |
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| 310 | .RS 4 |
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| 312 | In addition, all node-specific variables (except \f(CW\*(C`NODEID\*(C'\fR) will be |
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| 313 | available with a postfix of \f(CW\*(C`_nodeid\*(C'\fR, which contains the value for that |
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| 314 | node, e.g. the \f(CW\*(C`MAC_1\*(C'\fR variable contains the \s-1MAC\s0 address of node #1, while |
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| 315 | the \f(CW\*(C`NODENAME_22\*(C'\fR variable contains the name of node #22. |
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| 316 | .Sp |
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| 317 | Here is a simple if-up script: |
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| 318 | .Sp |
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| 319 | .Vb 5 |
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| 320 | \& #!/bin/sh |
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| 321 | \& ip link set $IFNAME up |
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| 322 | \& [ $NODENAME = branch1 ] && ip addr add 10.0.0.1 dev $IFNAME |
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| 323 | \& [ $NODENAME = branch2 ] && ip addr add 10.1.0.1 dev $IFNAME |
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| 324 | \& ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 dev $IFNAME |
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| 325 | .Ve |
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| 326 | .Sp |
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| 327 | More complicated examples (using routing to reduce \s-1ARP\s0 traffic) can be |
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| 328 | found in the \fIetc/\fR subdirectory of the distribution. |
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| 329 | .RE |
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| 330 | .IP "ifname = devname" 4 |
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| 331 | .IX Item "ifname = devname" |
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| 332 | Sets the tun interface name to the given name. The default is OS-specific |
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| 333 | and most probably something like \f(CW\*(C`tun0\*(C'\fR. |
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| 334 | .IP "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 335 | .IX Item "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 336 | Should the tun/tap device be made persistent, that is, should the device |
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| 337 | stay up even when gvpe exits? Some versions of the tunnel device have |
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| 338 | problems sending packets when gvpe is restarted in persistent mode, so |
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| 339 | if the connections can be established but you cannot send packets from |
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| 340 | the local node, try to set this to \f(CW\*(C`off\*(C'\fR and do an ifconfig down on the |
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| 341 | device. |
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| 342 | .IP "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol" 4 |
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| 343 | .IX Item "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol" |
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| 344 | Sets the protocol number to be used for the rawip protocol. This is a |
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| 345 | global option because all nodes must use the same protocol, and since |
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| 346 | there are no port numbers, you cannot easily run more than one gvpe |
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| 347 | instance using the same protocol, nor can you share the protocol with |
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| 348 | other programs. |
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| 349 | .Sp |
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| 350 | The default is 47 (\s-1GRE\s0), which has a good chance of tunneling |
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| 351 | through firewalls (but note that gvpe's rawip protocol is not \s-1GRE\s0 |
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| 352 | compatible). Other common choices are 50 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1ESP\s0), 51 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1AH\s0), 4 |
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| 353 | (\s-1IPIP\s0 tunnels) or 98 (\s-1ENCAP\s0, rfc1241). |
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| 354 | .Sp |
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| 355 | Many versions of Linux seem to have a bug that causes them to reorder |
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| 356 | packets for some ip protocols (\s-1GRE\s0, \s-1ESP\s0) but not for others (\s-1AH\s0), so |
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| 357 | choose wisely (that is, use 51, \s-1AH\s0). |
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| 358 | .IP "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip" 4 |
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| 359 | .IX Item "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip" |
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| 360 | The \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-*\*(C'\fR family of options are only available if gvpe was |
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| 361 | compiled with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-http\-proxy\*(C'\fR option and enable tunneling of |
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| 362 | tcp connections through a http proxy server. |
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| 363 | .Sp |
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| 364 | \&\f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-host\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-port\*(C'\fR should specify the hostname and |
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| 365 | port number of the proxy server. See \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-loginpw\*(C'\fR if your proxy |
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| 366 | requires authentication. |
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| 367 | .Sp |
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| 368 | Please note that gvpe will still try to resolve all hostnames in the |
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| 369 | configuration file, so if you are behind a proxy without access to a \s-1DNS\s0 |
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| 370 | server better use numerical \s-1IP\s0 addresses. |
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| 371 | .Sp |
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| 372 | To make best use of this option disable all protocols except \s-1TCP\s0 in your |
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| 373 | config file and make sure your routers (or all other nodes) are listening |
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| 374 | on a port that the proxy allows (443, https, is a common choice). |
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| 375 | .Sp |
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| 376 | If you have a router, connecting to it will suffice. Otherwise \s-1TCP\s0 must be |
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| 377 | enabled on all nodes. |
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| 378 | .Sp |
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| 379 | Example: |
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| 380 | .Sp |
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| 381 | .Vb 3 |
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| 382 | \& http\-proxy\-host = proxy.example.com |
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| 383 | \& http\-proxy\-port = 3128 # 8080 is another common choice |
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| 384 | \& http\-proxy\-auth = schmorp:grumbeere |
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| 385 | .Ve |
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| 386 | .IP "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port" 4 |
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| 387 | .IX Item "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port" |
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| 388 | The port where your proxy server listens. |
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| 389 | .IP "http-proxy-auth = login:password" 4 |
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| 390 | .IX Item "http-proxy-auth = login:password" |
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| 391 | The optional login and password used to authenticate to the proxy server, |
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| 392 | separated by a literal colon (\f(CW\*(C`:\*(C'\fR). Only basic authentication is |
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| 393 | currently supported. |
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| 394 | .IP "keepalive = seconds" 4 |
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| 395 | .IX Item "keepalive = seconds" |
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| 396 | Sets the keepalive probe interval in seconds (default: \f(CW60\fR). After this |
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| 397 | many seconds of inactivity the daemon will start to send keepalive probe |
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| 398 | every 3 seconds until it receives a reply from the other end. If no reply |
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| 399 | is received within 15 seconds, the peer is considered unreachable and the |
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| 400 | connection is closed. |
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| 401 | .IP "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical" 4 |
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| 402 | .IX Item "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical" |
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| 403 | Set the logging level. Connection established messages are logged at level |
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| 404 | \&\f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR, notable errors are logged with \f(CW\*(C`error\*(C'\fR. Default is \f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR. |
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| 405 | .IP "mtu = bytes" 4 |
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| 406 | .IX Item "mtu = bytes" |
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| 407 | Sets the maximum \s-1MTU\s0 that should be used on outgoing packets (basically |
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| 408 | the \s-1MTU\s0 of the outgoing interface) The daemon will automatically calculate |
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| 409 | maximum overhead (e.g. \s-1UDP\s0 header size, encryption blocksize...) and pass |
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| 410 | this information to the \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR script. |
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| 411 | .Sp |
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| 412 | Recommended values are 1500 (ethernet), 1492 (pppoe), 1472 (pptp). |
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| 413 | .Sp |
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| 414 | This value must be the minimum of the \s-1MTU\s0 values of all nodes. |
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| 415 | .IP "node = nickname" 4 |
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| 416 | .IX Item "node = nickname" |
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| 417 | Not really a config setting but introduces a node section. The nickname is |
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| 418 | used to select the right configuration section and must be passed as an |
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| 419 | argument to the gvpe daemon. |
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| 420 | .IP "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4 |
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| 421 | .IX Item "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path" |
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| 422 | Sets a command (default: none) that should be called whenever a connection |
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| 423 | is established (even on rekeying operations). Note that node\-up/down |
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| 424 | scripts will be run asynchronously, but execution is serialised, so there |
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| 425 | will only ever be one such script running. |
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| 426 | .Sp |
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| 427 | In addition to all the variables passed to \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR scripts, the following |
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| 428 | environment variables will be set (values are just examples): |
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| 429 | .RS 4 |
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| 430 | .IP "DESTNODE=branch2" 4 |
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| 431 | .IX Item "DESTNODE=branch2" |
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| 432 | The name of the remote node. |
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| 433 | .IP "DESTID=2" 4 |
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| 434 | .IX Item "DESTID=2" |
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| 435 | The node id of the remote node. |
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| 436 | .IP "DESTSI=rawip/88.99.77.55:0" 4 |
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| 437 | .IX Item "DESTSI=rawip/88.99.77.55:0" |
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| 438 | The \*(L"socket info\*(R" of the target node, protocol dependent but usually in |
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| 439 | the format protocol/ip:port. |
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| 440 | .IP "DESTIP=188.13.66.8" 4 |
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| 441 | .IX Item "DESTIP=188.13.66.8" |
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| 442 | The numerical \s-1IP\s0 address of the remote node (gvpe accepts connections from |
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| 443 | everywhere, as long as the other node can authenticate itself). |
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| 444 | .IP "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated" 4 |
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| 445 | .IX Item "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated" |
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| 446 | The protocol port used by the other side, if applicable. |
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| 447 | .IP "STATE=up" 4 |
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| 448 | .IX Item "STATE=up" |
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| 449 | Node-up scripts get called with STATE=up, node-change scripts get called |
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| 450 | with STATE=change and node-down scripts get called with STATE=down. |
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| 451 | .RE |
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| 452 | .RS 4 |
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| 453 | .Sp |
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| 454 | Here is a nontrivial example that uses nsupdate to update the name => ip |
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| 455 | mapping in some \s-1DNS\s0 zone: |
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| 456 | .Sp |
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| 457 | .Vb 6 |
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| 458 | \& #!/bin/sh |
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| 459 | \& { |
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| 460 | \& echo update delete $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. a |
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| 461 | \& echo update add $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. 1 in a $DESTIP |
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| 462 | \& echo |
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| 463 | \& } | nsupdate \-d \-k $CONFBASE:key.example.net. |
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| 464 | .Ve |
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| 465 | .RE |
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| 466 | .IP "node-change = relative-or-absolute-path" 4 |
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| 467 | .IX Item "node-change = relative-or-absolute-path" |
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| 468 | Same as \f(CW\*(C`node\-change\*(C'\fR, but gets called whenever something about a |
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| 469 | connection changes (such as the source \s-1IP\s0 address). |
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| 470 | .IP "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path" 4 |
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| 471 | .IX Item "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path" |
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| 472 | Same as \f(CW\*(C`node\-up\*(C'\fR, but gets called whenever a connection is lost. |
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| 473 | .IP "pid-file = path" 4 |
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| 474 | .IX Item "pid-file = path" |
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| 475 | The path to the pid file to check and create |
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| 476 | (default: \f(CW\*(C`LOCALSTATEDIR/run/gvpe.pid\*(C'\fR). |
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| 477 | .IP "private-key = relative-path-to-key" 4 |
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| 478 | .IX Item "private-key = relative-path-to-key" |
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| 479 | Sets the path (relative to the config directory) to the private key |
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| 480 | (default: \f(CW\*(C`hostkey\*(C'\fR). This is a printf format string so every \f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR must |
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| 481 | be doubled. A single \f(CW%s\fR is replaced by the hostname, so you could |
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| 482 | use paths like \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/%s\*(C'\fR to fetch the files at the location where |
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| 483 | \&\f(CW\*(C`gvpectrl\*(C'\fR puts them. |
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| 484 | .Sp |
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| 485 | Since only the private key file of the current node is used and the |
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| 486 | private key file should be kept secret per-node to avoid spoofing, it is |
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| 487 | not recommended to use this feature. |
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| 488 | .IP "rekey = seconds" 4 |
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| 489 | .IX Item "rekey = seconds" |
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| 490 | Sets the rekeying interval in seconds (default: \f(CW3600\fR). Connections are |
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| 491 | reestablished every \f(CW\*(C`rekey\*(C'\fR seconds, making them use a new encryption |
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| 492 | key. |
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| 493 | .IP "nfmark = integer" 4 |
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| 494 | .IX Item "nfmark = integer" |
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| 495 | This advanced option, when set to a nonzero value (default: \f(CW0\fR), tries |
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| 496 | to set the netfilter mark (or fwmark) value on all sockets gvpe uses to |
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| 497 | send packets. |
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| 498 | .Sp |
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| 499 | This can be used to make gvpe use a different set of routing rules. For |
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| 500 | example, on GNU/Linux, the \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR could set \f(CW\*(C`nfmark\*(C'\fR to 1000 and then |
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| 501 | put all routing rules into table \f(CW99\fR and then use an ip rule to make |
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| 502 | gvpe traffic avoid that routing table, in effect routing normal traffic |
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| 503 | via gvpe and gvpe traffic via the normal system routing tables: |
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| 504 | .Sp |
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| 505 | .Vb 1 |
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| 506 | \& ip rule add not fwmark 1000 lookup 99 |
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| 507 | .Ve |
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| 508 | .SS "\s-1NODE\s0 \s-1SPECIFIC\s0 \s-1SETTINGS\s0" |
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| 509 | .IX Subsection "NODE SPECIFIC SETTINGS" |
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| 510 | The following settings are node-specific, that is, every node can have |
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| 511 | different settings, even within the same gvpe instance. Settings that are |
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| 512 | set before the first node section set the defaults, settings that are |
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| 513 | set within a node section only apply to the given node. |
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| 514 | .IP "allow-direct = nodename" 4 |
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| 515 | .IX Item "allow-direct = nodename" |
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| 516 | Allow direct connections to this node. See \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR for more info. |
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| 517 | .IP "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 518 | .IX Item "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 519 | Wether to compress data packets sent to this node (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR). |
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| 520 | Compression is really cheap even on slow computers and has no size |
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| 521 | overhead at all, so enabling this is often a good idea. |
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| 522 | .IP "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled" 4 |
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| 523 | .IX Item "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled" |
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| 524 | Sets the connect mode (default: \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR). It can be \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR (always |
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| 525 | try to establish and keep a connection to the given node), \f(CW\*(C`never\*(C'\fR |
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| 526 | (never initiate a connection to the given host, but accept connections), |
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| 527 | \&\f(CW\*(C`ondemand\*(C'\fR (try to establish a connection when there are outstanding |
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| 528 | packets in the queue and take it down after the keepalive interval) or |
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| 529 | \&\f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR (node is bad, don't talk to it). |
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| 530 | .Sp |
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| 531 | Routers will automatically be forced to \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR unless they are |
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| 532 | \&\f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR, to ensure all nodes can talk to each other. |
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| 533 | .IP "deny-direct = nodename | *" 4 |
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| 534 | .IX Item "deny-direct = nodename | *" |
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| 535 | Deny direct connections to the specified node (or all nodes when \f(CW\*(C`*\*(C'\fR |
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| 536 | is given). Only one node can be specified, but you can use multiple |
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| 537 | \&\f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR statements. This only makes sense in |
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| 538 | networks with routers, as routers are required for indirect connections. |
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| 539 | .Sp |
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| 540 | Sometimes, a node cannot reach some other nodes for reasons of network |
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| 541 | connectivity. For example, a node behind a firewall that only allows |
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| 542 | connections to/from a single other node in the network. In this case one |
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| 543 | should specify \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct = *\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct = othernodename\*(C'\fR (the other |
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| 544 | node \fImust\fR be a router for this to work). |
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| 545 | .Sp |
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| 546 | The algorithm to check whether a connection may be direct is as follows: |
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| 547 | .Sp |
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| 548 | 1. Other node mentioned in an \f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct\*(C'\fR? If yes, allow the connection. |
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| 549 | .Sp |
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| 550 | 2. Other node mentioned in a \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR? If yes, deny direct connections. |
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| 551 | .Sp |
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| 552 | 3. Allow the connection. |
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| 553 | .Sp |
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| 554 | That is, \f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct\*(C'\fR takes precedence over \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR. |
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| 555 | .Sp |
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| 556 | The check is done in both directions, i.e. both nodes must allow a direct |
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| 557 | connection before one is attempted, so you only need to specify connect |
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| 558 | limitations on one node. |
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| 559 | .IP "dns-domain = domain-suffix" 4 |
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| 560 | .IX Item "dns-domain = domain-suffix" |
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| 561 | The \s-1DNS\s0 domain suffix that points to the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel server for this node. |
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| 562 | .Sp |
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| 563 | The domain must point to a \s-1NS\s0 record that points to the \fIdns-hostname\fR, |
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| 564 | i.e. |
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| 565 | .Sp |
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| 566 | .Vb 2 |
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| 567 | \& dns\-domainname = tunnel.example.net |
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| 568 | \& dns\-hostname = tunnel\-server.example.net |
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| 569 | .Ve |
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| 570 | .Sp |
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| 571 | Corresponds to the following \s-1DNS\s0 entries in the \f(CW\*(C`example.net\*(C'\fR domain: |
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| 572 | .Sp |
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| 573 | .Vb 2 |
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| 574 | \& tunnel.example.net. NS tunnel\-server.example.net. |
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| 575 | \& tunnel\-server.example.net. A 13.13.13.13 |
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| 576 | .Ve |
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| 577 | .IP "dns-hostname = hostname/ip" 4 |
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| 578 | .IX Item "dns-hostname = hostname/ip" |
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| 579 | The address to bind the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel socket to, similar to the \f(CW\*(C`hostname\*(C'\fR, |
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| 580 | but for the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel protocol only. Default: \f(CW0.0.0.0\fR, but that might |
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| 581 | change. |
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| 582 | .IP "dns-port = port-number" 4 |
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| 583 | .IX Item "dns-port = port-number" |
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| 584 | The port to bind the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel socket to. Must be \f(CW53\fR on \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel servers. |
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| 585 | .IP "enable-dns = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 586 | .IX Item "enable-dns = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 587 | See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1DNS\s0 transport |
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| 588 | protocol. Avoid this protocol if you can. |
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| 589 | .Sp |
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| 590 | Enable the \s-1DNS\s0 tunneling protocol on this node, either as server or as |
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| 591 | client. Support for this transport protocol is only available when gvpe |
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| 592 | was compiled using the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-dns\*(C'\fR option. |
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| 593 | .IP "enable-icmp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 594 | .IX Item "enable-icmp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 595 | See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1ICMP\s0 transport protocol. |
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| 596 | .Sp |
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| 597 | Enable the \s-1ICMP\s0 transport using \s-1ICMP\s0 packets of type \f(CW\*(C`icmp\-type\*(C'\fR on this |
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| 598 | node. |
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| 599 | .IP "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 600 | .IX Item "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 601 | See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1RAW\s0 \s-1IP\s0 transport protocol. |
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| 602 | .Sp |
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| 603 | Enable the \s-1RAW\s0 IPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`ip\-proto\*(C'\fR protocol |
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| 604 | (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). |
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| 605 | .IP "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 606 | .IX Item "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 607 | See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1TCP\s0 transport protocol. |
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| 608 | .Sp |
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| 609 | Enable the TCPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`tcp\-port\*(C'\fR port |
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| 610 | (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). Support for this transport protocol is only available |
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| 611 | when gvpe was compiled using the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-tcp\*(C'\fR option. |
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| 612 | .IP "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 613 | .IX Item "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 614 | See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1UDP\s0 transport protocol. |
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| 615 | .Sp |
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| 616 | Enable the UDPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR port (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR, |
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| 617 | unless no other protocol is enabled for a node, in which case this |
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| 618 | protocol is enabled automatically). |
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| 619 | .Sp |
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| 620 | \&\s-1NOTE:\s0 Please specify \f(CW\*(C`enable\-udp = yes\*(C'\fR if you want to use it even though |
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| 621 | it might get switched on automatically, as some future version might |
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| 622 | default to another default protocol. |
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| 623 | .IP "hostname = hostname | ip [can not be defaulted]" 4 |
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| 624 | .IX Item "hostname = hostname | ip [can not be defaulted]" |
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| 625 | Forces the address of this node to be set to the given \s-1DNS\s0 hostname or \s-1IP\s0 |
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| 626 | address. It will be resolved before each connect request, so dyndns should |
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| 627 | work fine. If this setting is not specified and a router is available, |
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| 628 | then the router will be queried for the address of this node. Otherwise, |
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| 629 | the connection attempt will fail. |
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| 630 | .Sp |
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| 631 | Note that \s-1DNS\s0 resolving is done synchronously, pausing the daemon. If that |
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| 632 | is an issue you need to specify \s-1IP\s0 addresses. |
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| 633 | .IP "icmp-type = integer" 4 |
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| 634 | .IX Item "icmp-type = integer" |
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| 635 | Sets the type value to be used for outgoing (and incoming) packets sent |
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| 636 | via the \s-1ICMP\s0 transport. |
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| 637 | .Sp |
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| 638 | The default is \f(CW0\fR (which is \f(CW\*(C`echo\-reply\*(C'\fR, also known as |
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| 639 | \&\*(L"ping-reply\*(R"). Other useful values include \f(CW8\fR (\f(CW\*(C`echo\-request\*(C'\fR, a.k.a. |
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| 640 | \&\*(L"ping\*(R") and \f(CW11\fR (\f(CW\*(C`time\-exceeded\*(C'\fR), but any 8\-bit value can be used. |
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| 641 | .IP "if-up-data = value" 4 |
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| 642 | .IX Item "if-up-data = value" |
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| 643 | The value specified using this directive will be passed to the \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR |
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| 644 | script in the environment variable \f(CW\*(C`IFUPDATA\*(C'\fR. |
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| 645 | .IP "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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| 646 | .IX Item "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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| 647 | Wether to inherit the \s-1TOS\s0 settings of packets sent to the tunnel when |
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| 648 | sending packets to this node (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR). If set to \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR then |
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| 649 | outgoing tunnel packets will have the same \s-1TOS\s0 setting as the packets sent |
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| 650 | to the tunnel device, which is usually what you want. |
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| 651 | .IP "max-retry = positive-number" 4 |
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| 652 | .IX Item "max-retry = positive-number" |
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| 653 | The maximum interval in seconds (default: \f(CW3600\fR, one hour) between |
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| 654 | retries to establish a connection to this node. When a connection cannot |
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| 655 | be established, gvpe uses exponential back-off capped at this value. It's |
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| 656 | sometimes useful to set this to a much lower value (e.g. \f(CW120\fR) on |
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| 657 | connections to routers that usually are stable but sometimes are down, to |
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| 658 | assure quick reconnections even after longer downtimes. |
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| 659 | .IP "max-ttl = seconds" 4 |
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| 660 | .IX Item "max-ttl = seconds" |
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| 661 | Expire packets that couldn't be sent after this many seconds |
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| 662 | (default: \f(CW60\fR). Gvpe will normally queue packets for a node without an |
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| 663 | active connection, in the hope of establishing a connection soon. This |
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| 664 | value specifies the maximum lifetime a packet will stay in the queue, if a |
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| 665 | packet gets older, it will be thrown away. |
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| 666 | .IP "max-queue = positive\-number>=1" 4 |
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| 667 | .IX Item "max-queue = positive-number>=1" |
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| 668 | The maximum number of packets that will be queued (default: \f(CW512\fR) |
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| 669 | for this node. If more packets are sent then earlier packets will be |
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| 670 | expired. See \f(CW\*(C`max\-ttl\*(C'\fR, above. |
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| 671 | .IP "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive\-number>=2" 4 |
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| 672 | .IX Item "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive-number>=2" |
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| 673 | Sets the router priority of the given node (default: \f(CW0\fR, disabled). |
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| 674 | .Sp |
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| 675 | If some node tries to connect to another node but it doesn't have a |
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| 676 | hostname, it asks a router node for it's \s-1IP\s0 address. The router node |
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| 677 | chosen is the one with the highest priority larger than \f(CW1\fR that is |
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| 678 | currently reachable. This is called a \fImediated\fR connection, as the |
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| 679 | connection itself will still be direct, but it uses another node to |
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| 680 | mediate between the two nodes. |
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| 681 | .Sp |
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| 682 | The value \f(CW0\fR disables routing, that means if the node receives a packet |
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| 683 | not for itself it will not forward it but instead drop it. |
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| 684 | .Sp |
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| 685 | The special value \f(CW1\fR allows other hosts to route through the router |
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| 686 | host, but they will never route through it by default (i.e. the config |
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| 687 | file of another node needs to specify a router priority higher than one |
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| 688 | to choose such a node for routing). |
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| 689 | .Sp |
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| 690 | The idea behind this is that some hosts can, if required, bump the |
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| 691 | \&\f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR setting to higher than \f(CW1\fR in their local config to |
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| 692 | route through specific hosts. If \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR is \f(CW0\fR, then routing |
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| 693 | will be refused, so \f(CW1\fR serves as a \*(L"enable, but do not use by default\*(R" |
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| 694 | switch. |
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| 695 | .Sp |
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| 696 | Nodes with \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR set to \f(CW2\fR or higher will always be forced |
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| 697 | to \f(CW\*(C`connect\*(C'\fR = \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR (unless they are \f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR). |
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| 698 | .IP "tcp-port = port-number" 4 |
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| 699 | .IX Item "tcp-port = port-number" |
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| 700 | Similar to \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR (default: \f(CW655\fR), but sets the \s-1TCP\s0 port number. |
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| 701 | .IP "udp-port = port-number" 4 |
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| 702 | .IX Item "udp-port = port-number" |
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| 703 | Sets the port number used by the \s-1UDP\s0 protocol (default: \f(CW655\fR, not |
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| 704 | officially assigned by \s-1IANA\s0!). |
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| 705 | .SH "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT" |
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| 706 | .IX Header "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT" |
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| 707 | The default (or recommended) directory layout for the config directory is: |
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| 708 | .IP "gvpe.conf" 4 |
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| 709 | .IX Item "gvpe.conf" |
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| 710 | The config file. |
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| 711 | .IP "if-up" 4 |
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| 712 | .IX Item "if-up" |
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| 713 | The if-up script |
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| 714 | .IP "node-up, node-down" 4 |
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| 715 | .IX Item "node-up, node-down" |
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| 716 | If used the node up or node-down scripts. |
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| 717 | .IP "hostkey" 4 |
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| 718 | .IX Item "hostkey" |
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| 719 | The private key (taken from \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/nodename\*(C'\fR) of the current host. |
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| 720 | .IP "pubkey/nodename" 4 |
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| 721 | .IX Item "pubkey/nodename" |
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| 722 | The public keys of the other nodes, one file per node. |
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| 723 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
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| 724 | .IX Header "SEE ALSO" |
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| 725 | \&\fIgvpe\fR\|(5), \fIgvpe\fR\|(8), \fIgvpectrl\fR\|(8). |
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| 726 | .SH "AUTHOR" |
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| 727 | .IX Header "AUTHOR" |
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| 728 | Marc Lehmann <gvpe@schmorp.de> |
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