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.IX Title "GVPE.CONF 5" |
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.TH GVPE.CONF 5 "2008-09-01" "2.2" "GNU Virtual Private Ethernet" |
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.SH "NAME" |
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gvpe.conf \- configuration file for the GNU VPE daemon |
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" |
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.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
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.Vb 4 |
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\& # global options for all nodes |
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\& udp\-port = 407 |
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\& mtu = 1492 |
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\& ifname = vpn0 |
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\& |
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\& # first node is named branch1 and is at 1.2.3.4 |
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\& node = branch1 |
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\& hostname = 1.2.3.4 |
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\& |
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\& # second node uses dns to resolve the address |
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\& node = branch2 |
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\& hostname = www.example.net |
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\& udp\-port = 500 # this host uses a different udp\-port |
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\& |
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\& # third node has no fixed ip address |
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\& node = branch3 |
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\& connect = ondemand |
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" |
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.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" |
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The gvpe config file consists of a series of lines that contain \f(CW\*(C`variable |
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= value\*(C'\fR pairs. Empty lines are ignored. Comments start with a \f(CW\*(C`#\*(C'\fR and |
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extend to the end of the line. They can be used on their own lines, or |
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after any directives. Whitespace is allowed around the \f(CW\*(C`=\*(C'\fR sign or after |
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values, but not within the variable names or values themselves. |
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.PP |
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The only exception to the above is the \*(L"on\*(R" directive that can prefix any |
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\&\f(CW\*(C`name = value\*(C'\fR setting and will only \*(L"execute\*(R" it on the named node, or |
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(if the nodename starts with \*(L"!\*(R") on all nodes except the named one. |
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.PP |
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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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branch1, and connect to \f(CW\*(C`ondemand\*(C'\fR everywhere but on branch2: |
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.Vb 3 |
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\& mtu = 1450 |
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\& on branch1 loglevel = noise |
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\& on !branch2 connect = ondemand |
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All settings are applied \*(L"in order\*(R", that is, later settings of the same |
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variable overwrite earlier ones. |
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.SH "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE" |
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.IX Header "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE" |
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Usually, a config file starts with a few global settings (like the \s-1UDP\s0 |
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port to listen on), followed by node-specific sections that begin with a |
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\&\f(CW\*(C`node = nickname\*(C'\fR line. |
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.PP |
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Every node that is part of the network must have a section that starts |
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with \f(CW\*(C`node = nickname\*(C'\fR. The number and order of the nodes is important |
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and must be the same on all nodes. It is not uncommon for node sections to |
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be completely empty \- if the default values are right. |
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.PP |
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Node-specific settings can be used at any time. If used before the first |
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node section they will set the default values for all following nodes. |
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.SH "CONFIG VARIABLES" |
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.IX Header "CONFIG VARIABLES" |
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.Sh "\s-1GLOBAL\s0 \s-1SETTINGS\s0" |
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.IX Subsection "GLOBAL SETTINGS" |
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Global settings will affect the behaviour of the running gvpe daemon, that |
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is, they are in some sense node-specific (config files can set different |
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values on different nodes using \f(CW\*(C`on\*(C'\fR), but will affect the behaviour of |
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the gvpe daemon and all connections it creates. |
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.IP "dns-forw-host = hostname/ip" 4 |
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.IX Item "dns-forw-host = hostname/ip" |
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The \s-1DNS\s0 server to forward \s-1DNS\s0 requests to for the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel protocol |
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(default: \f(CW127.0.0.1\fR, changing it is highly recommended). |
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.IP "dns-forw-port = port-number" 4 |
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.IX Item "dns-forw-port = port-number" |
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The port where the \f(CW\*(C`dns\-forw\-host\*(C'\fR is to be contacted (default: \f(CW53\fR, |
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which is fine in most cases). |
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.IP "dns-max-outstanding = integer-number-of-requests" 4 |
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.IX Item "dns-max-outstanding = integer-number-of-requests" |
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The maximum number of outstanding \s-1DNS\s0 transport requests |
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(default: \f(CW100\fR). \s-1GVPE\s0 will never issue more requests then the given |
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limit without receiving replies. In heavily overloaded situations it might |
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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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number of parallel requests. |
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The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links. |
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.IP "dns-overlap-factor = float" 4 |
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.IX Item "dns-overlap-factor = float" |
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The \s-1DNS\s0 transport uses the minimum request latency (\fBmin_latency\fR) seen |
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during a connection as it's timing base. This factor (default: \f(CW0.5\fR, |
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must be > 0) is multiplied by \fBmin_latency\fR to get the maximum sending |
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rate (= minimum send interval), i.e. a factor of \f(CW1\fR means that a new |
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request might be generated every \fBmin_latency\fR seconds, which means on |
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average there should only ever be one outstanding request. A factor of |
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\&\f(CW0.5\fR means that \s-1GVPE\s0 will send requests twice as often as the minimum |
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latency measured. |
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For congested or picky \s-1DNS\s0 forwarders you could use a value nearer to or |
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exceeding \f(CW1\fR. |
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The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links. |
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.IP "dns-send-interval = send-interval-in-seconds" 4 |
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.IX Item "dns-send-interval = send-interval-in-seconds" |
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The minimum send interval (= maximum rate) that the \s-1DNS\s0 transport will |
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use to send new \s-1DNS\s0 requests. \s-1GVPE\s0 will not exceed this rate even when |
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the latency is very low. The default is \f(CW0.01\fR, which means \s-1GVPE\s0 will |
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not send more than 100 \s-1DNS\s0 requests per connection per second. For |
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high-bandwidth links you could go lower, e.g. to \f(CW0.001\fR or so. For |
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congested or rate-limited links, you might want to go higher, say \f(CW0.1\fR, |
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\&\f(CW0.2\fR or even higher. |
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The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links. |
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.IP "dns-timeout-factor = float" 4 |
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.IX Item "dns-timeout-factor = float" |
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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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get request timeouts. The default of \f(CW8\fR means that the \s-1DNS\s0 transport |
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will resend the request when no reply has been received for longer than |
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eight times the minimum (= expected) latency, assuming the request or |
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reply has been lost. |
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For congested links a higher value might be necessary (e.g. \f(CW30\fR). If |
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the link is very stable lower values (e.g. \f(CW2\fR) might work |
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nicely. Values near or below \f(CW1\fR makes no sense whatsoever. |
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The default should be working \s-1OK\s0 for most links but will result in low |
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throughput if packet loss is high. |
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.IP "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4 |
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.IX Item "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path" |
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Sets the path of a script that should be called immediately after the |
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network interface is initialized (but not necessarily up). The following |
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environment variables are passed to it (the values are just examples). |
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Variables that have the same value on all nodes: |
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.RS 4 |
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.IP "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe" 4 |
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.IX Item "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe" |
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The configuration base directory. |
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.IP "IFNAME=vpn0" 4 |
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.IX Item "IFNAME=vpn0" |
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The network interface to initialize. |
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.IP "IFTYPE=native # or tincd" 4 |
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.IX Item "IFTYPE=native # or tincd" |
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.PD 0 |
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.IP "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.." 4 |
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.IX Item "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.." |
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.PD |
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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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\&\s-1OS\s0 name in lowercase) that this \s-1GVPE\s0 was configured for. Can be used to |
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select the correct syntax to use for network-related commands. |
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.IP "MTU=1436" 4 |
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.IX Item "MTU=1436" |
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The \s-1MTU\s0 to set the interface to. You can use lower values (if done |
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consistently on all nodes), but this is usually either inefficient or |
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simply ineffective. |
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.IP "NODES=5" 4 |
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.IX Item "NODES=5" |
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The number of nodes in this \s-1GVPE\s0 network. |
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.RE |
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.RS 4 |
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Variables that are node-specific and with values pertaining to the node |
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running this \s-1GVPE:\s0 |
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.IP "IFUPDATA=string" 4 |
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.IX Item "IFUPDATA=string" |
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The value of the configuration directive \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\-data\*(C'\fR. |
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.IP "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01" 4 |
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.IX Item "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01" |
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The \s-1MAC\s0 address the network interface has to use. |
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Might be used to initialize interfaces on platforms where \s-1GVPE\s0 does not |
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do this automatically. Please see the \f(CW\*(C`gvpe.osdep(5)\*(C'\fR man page for |
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platform-specific information. |
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.IP "NODENAME=branch1" 4 |
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.IX Item "NODENAME=branch1" |
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The nickname of the node. |
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.IP "NODEID=1" 4 |
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.IX Item "NODEID=1" |
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The numerical node \s-1ID\s0 of the node running this instance of \s-1GVPE\s0. The first |
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node mentioned in the config file gets \s-1ID\s0 1, the second \s-1ID\s0 2 and so on. |
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.RE |
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.RS 4 |
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.Sp |
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In addition, all node-specific variables (except \f(CW\*(C`NODEID\*(C'\fR) will be |
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available with a postfix of \f(CW\*(C`_nodeid\*(C'\fR, which contains the value for that |
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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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the \f(CW\*(C`NODENAME_22\*(C'\fR variable contains the name of node #22. |
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.Sp |
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Here is a simple if-up script: |
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.Sp |
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.Vb 5 |
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\& #!/bin/sh |
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\& ip link set $IFNAME up |
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\& [ $NODENAME = branch1 ] && ip addr add 10.0.0.1 dev $IFNAME |
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\& [ $NODENAME = branch2 ] && ip addr add 10.1.0.1 dev $IFNAME |
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\& ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 dev $IFNAME |
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More complicated examples (using routing to reduce \s-1ARP\s0 traffic) can be |
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found in the \fIetc/\fR subdirectory of the distribution. |
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.RE |
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.IP "ifname = devname" 4 |
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.IX Item "ifname = devname" |
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Sets the tun interface name to the given name. The default is OS-specific |
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and most probably something like \f(CW\*(C`tun0\*(C'\fR. |
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.IP "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
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.IX Item "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
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Should the tun/tap device be made persistent, that is, should the device |
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stay up even when gvpe exits? Some versions of the tunnel device have |
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problems sending packets when gvpe is restarted in persistent mode, so |
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if the connections can be established but you cannot send packets from |
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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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device. |
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.IP "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol" 4 |
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.IX Item "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol" |
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Sets the protocol number to be used for the rawip protocol. This is a |
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global option because all nodes must use the same protocol, and since |
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there are no port numbers, you cannot easily run more than one gvpe |
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instance using the same protocol, nor can you share the protocol with |
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other programs. |
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The default is 47 (\s-1GRE\s0), which has a good chance of tunneling |
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through firewalls (but note that gvpe's rawip protocol is not \s-1GRE\s0 |
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compatible). Other common choices are 50 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1ESP\s0), 51 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1AH\s0), 4 |
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(\s-1IPIP\s0 tunnels) or 98 (\s-1ENCAP\s0, rfc1241) |
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.IP "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip" 4 |
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.IX Item "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip" |
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The \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-*\*(C'\fR family of options are only available if gvpe was |
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compiled with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-http\-proxy\*(C'\fR option and enable tunneling of |
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tcp connections through a http proxy server. |
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\&\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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port number of the proxy server. See \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-loginpw\*(C'\fR if your proxy |
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requires authentication. |
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Please note that gvpe will still try to resolve all hostnames in the |
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configuration file, so if you are behind a proxy without access to a \s-1DNS\s0 |
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server better use numerical \s-1IP\s0 addresses. |
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To make best use of this option disable all protocols except \s-1TCP\s0 in your |
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config file and make sure your routers (or all other nodes) are listening |
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on a port that the proxy allows (443, https, is a common choice). |
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.Sp |
| 380 |
If you have a router, connecting to it will suffice. Otherwise \s-1TCP\s0 must be |
| 381 |
enabled on all nodes. |
| 382 |
.Sp |
| 383 |
Example: |
| 384 |
.Sp |
| 385 |
.Vb 3 |
| 386 |
\& http\-proxy\-host = proxy.example.com |
| 387 |
\& http\-proxy\-port = 3128 # 8080 is another common choice |
| 388 |
\& http\-proxy\-auth = schmorp:grumbeere |
| 389 |
.Ve |
| 390 |
.IP "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port" 4 |
| 391 |
.IX Item "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port" |
| 392 |
The port where your proxy server listens. |
| 393 |
.IP "http-proxy-auth = login:password" 4 |
| 394 |
.IX Item "http-proxy-auth = login:password" |
| 395 |
The optional login and password used to authenticate to the proxy server, |
| 396 |
separated by a literal colon (\f(CW\*(C`:\*(C'\fR). Only basic authentication is |
| 397 |
currently supported. |
| 398 |
.IP "keepalive = seconds" 4 |
| 399 |
.IX Item "keepalive = seconds" |
| 400 |
Sets the keepalive probe interval in seconds (default: \f(CW60\fR). After this |
| 401 |
many seconds of inactivity the daemon will start to send keepalive probe |
| 402 |
every 3 seconds until it receives a reply from the other end. If no reply |
| 403 |
is received within 15 seconds, the peer is considered unreachable and the |
| 404 |
connection is closed. |
| 405 |
.IP "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical" 4 |
| 406 |
.IX Item "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical" |
| 407 |
Set the logging level. Connection established messages are logged at level |
| 408 |
\&\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. |
| 409 |
.IP "mtu = bytes" 4 |
| 410 |
.IX Item "mtu = bytes" |
| 411 |
Sets the maximum \s-1MTU\s0 that should be used on outgoing packets (basically |
| 412 |
the \s-1MTU\s0 of the outgoing interface) The daemon will automatically calculate |
| 413 |
maximum overhead (e.g. \s-1UDP\s0 header size, encryption blocksize...) and pass |
| 414 |
this information to the \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR script. |
| 415 |
.Sp |
| 416 |
Recommended values are 1500 (ethernet), 1492 (pppoe), 1472 (pptp). |
| 417 |
.Sp |
| 418 |
This value must be the minimum of the \s-1MTU\s0 values of all nodes. |
| 419 |
.IP "node = nickname" 4 |
| 420 |
.IX Item "node = nickname" |
| 421 |
Not really a config setting but introduces a node section. The nickname is |
| 422 |
used to select the right configuration section and must be passed as an |
| 423 |
argument to the gvpe daemon. |
| 424 |
.IP "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4 |
| 425 |
.IX Item "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path" |
| 426 |
Sets a command (default: none) that should be called whenever a connection |
| 427 |
is established (even on rekeying operations). Note that node\-up/down |
| 428 |
scripts will be run asynchronously, but execution is serialised, so there |
| 429 |
will only ever be one such script running. |
| 430 |
.Sp |
| 431 |
In addition to all the variables passed to \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR scripts, the following |
| 432 |
environment variables will be set: |
| 433 |
.RS 4 |
| 434 |
.IP "DESTNODE=branch2" 4 |
| 435 |
.IX Item "DESTNODE=branch2" |
| 436 |
The name of the remote node. |
| 437 |
.IP "DESTID=2" 4 |
| 438 |
.IX Item "DESTID=2" |
| 439 |
The node id of the remote node. |
| 440 |
.IP "DESTIP=188.13.66.8" 4 |
| 441 |
.IX Item "DESTIP=188.13.66.8" |
| 442 |
The numerical \s-1IP\s0 address of the remote node (gvpe accepts connections from |
| 443 |
everywhere, as long as the other node can authenticate itself). |
| 444 |
.IP "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated" 4 |
| 445 |
.IX Item "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated" |
| 446 |
The \s-1UDP\s0 port used by the other side. |
| 447 |
.IP "STATE=UP" 4 |
| 448 |
.IX Item "STATE=UP" |
| 449 |
Node-up scripts get called with STATE=UP, node-down scripts get called |
| 450 |
with STATE=DOWN. |
| 451 |
.RE |
| 452 |
.RS 4 |
| 453 |
.Sp |
| 454 |
Here is a nontrivial example that uses nsupdate to update the name => ip |
| 455 |
mapping in some \s-1DNS\s0 zone: |
| 456 |
.Sp |
| 457 |
.Vb 6 |
| 458 |
\& #!/bin/sh |
| 459 |
\& { |
| 460 |
\& echo update delete $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. a |
| 461 |
\& echo update add $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. 1 in a $DESTIP |
| 462 |
\& echo |
| 463 |
\& } | nsupdate \-d \-k $CONFBASE:key.example.net. |
| 464 |
.Ve |
| 465 |
.RE |
| 466 |
.IP "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path" 4 |
| 467 |
.IX Item "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path" |
| 468 |
Same as \f(CW\*(C`node\-up\*(C'\fR, but gets called whenever a connection is lost. |
| 469 |
.IP "pid-file = path" 4 |
| 470 |
.IX Item "pid-file = path" |
| 471 |
The path to the pid file to check and create |
| 472 |
(default: \f(CW\*(C`LOCALSTATEDIR/run/gvpe.pid\*(C'\fR). |
| 473 |
.IP "private-key = relative-path-to-key" 4 |
| 474 |
.IX Item "private-key = relative-path-to-key" |
| 475 |
Sets the path (relative to the config directory) to the private key |
| 476 |
(default: \f(CW\*(C`hostkey\*(C'\fR). This is a printf format string so every \f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR must |
| 477 |
be doubled. A single \f(CW%s\fR is replaced by the hostname, so you could |
| 478 |
use paths like \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/%s\*(C'\fR to fetch the files at the location where |
| 479 |
\&\f(CW\*(C`gvpectrl\*(C'\fR puts them. |
| 480 |
.Sp |
| 481 |
Since only the private key file of the current node is used and the |
| 482 |
private key file should be kept secret per-node to avoid spoofing, it is |
| 483 |
not recommended to use this feature. |
| 484 |
.IP "rekey = seconds" 4 |
| 485 |
.IX Item "rekey = seconds" |
| 486 |
Sets the rekeying interval in seconds (default: \f(CW3600\fR). Connections are |
| 487 |
reestablished every \f(CW\*(C`rekey\*(C'\fR seconds, making them use a new encryption |
| 488 |
key. |
| 489 |
.Sh "\s-1NODE\s0 \s-1SPECIFIC\s0 \s-1SETTINGS\s0" |
| 490 |
.IX Subsection "NODE SPECIFIC SETTINGS" |
| 491 |
The following settings are node-specific, that is, every node can have |
| 492 |
different settings, even within the same gvpe instance. Settings that are |
| 493 |
set before the first node section set the defaults, settings that are |
| 494 |
set within a node section only apply to the given node. |
| 495 |
.IP "allow-direct = nodename" 4 |
| 496 |
.IX Item "allow-direct = nodename" |
| 497 |
Allow direct connections to this node. See \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR for more info. |
| 498 |
.IP "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
| 499 |
.IX Item "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
| 500 |
Wether to compress data packets sent to this node (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR). |
| 501 |
Compression is really cheap even on slow computers and has no size |
| 502 |
overhead at all, so enabling this is often a good idea. |
| 503 |
.IP "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled" 4 |
| 504 |
.IX Item "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled" |
| 505 |
Sets the connect mode (default: \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR). It can be \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR (always |
| 506 |
try to establish and keep a connection to the given node), \f(CW\*(C`never\*(C'\fR |
| 507 |
(never initiate a connection to the given host, but accept connections), |
| 508 |
\&\f(CW\*(C`ondemand\*(C'\fR (try to establish a connection when there are outstanding |
| 509 |
packets in the queue and take it down after the keepalive interval) or |
| 510 |
\&\f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR (node is bad, don't talk to it). |
| 511 |
.Sp |
| 512 |
Routers will automatically be forced to \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR unless they are |
| 513 |
\&\f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR, to ensure all nodes can talk to each other. |
| 514 |
.IP "deny-direct = nodename | *" 4 |
| 515 |
.IX Item "deny-direct = nodename | *" |
| 516 |
Deny direct connections to the specified node (or all nodes when \f(CW\*(C`*\*(C'\fR |
| 517 |
is given). Only one node can be specified, but you can use multiple |
| 518 |
\&\f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR statements. This only makes sense in |
| 519 |
networks with routers, as routers are required for indirect connections. |
| 520 |
.Sp |
| 521 |
Sometimes, a node cannot reach some other nodes for reasons of network |
| 522 |
connectivity. For example, a node behind a firewall that only allows |
| 523 |
connections to/from a single other node in the network. In this case one |
| 524 |
should specify \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct = *\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct = othernodename\*(C'\fR (the other |
| 525 |
node \fImust\fR be a router for this to work). |
| 526 |
.Sp |
| 527 |
The algorithm to check whether a connection may be direct is as follows: |
| 528 |
.Sp |
| 529 |
1. Other node mentioned in an \f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct\*(C'\fR? If yes, allow the connection. |
| 530 |
.Sp |
| 531 |
2. Other node mentioned in a \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR? If yes, deny direct connections. |
| 532 |
.Sp |
| 533 |
3. Allow the connection. |
| 534 |
.Sp |
| 535 |
That is, \f(CW\*(C`allow\-direct\*(C'\fR takes precedence over \f(CW\*(C`deny\-direct\*(C'\fR. |
| 536 |
.Sp |
| 537 |
The check is done in both directions, i.e. both nodes must allow a direct |
| 538 |
connection before one is attempted, so you only need to specify connect |
| 539 |
limitations on one node. |
| 540 |
.IP "dns-domain = domain-suffix" 4 |
| 541 |
.IX Item "dns-domain = domain-suffix" |
| 542 |
The \s-1DNS\s0 domain suffix that points to the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel server for this node. |
| 543 |
.Sp |
| 544 |
The domain must point to a \s-1NS\s0 record that points to the \fIdns-hostname\fR, |
| 545 |
i.e. |
| 546 |
.Sp |
| 547 |
.Vb 2 |
| 548 |
\& dns\-domainname = tunnel.example.net |
| 549 |
\& dns\-hostname = tunnel\-server.example.net |
| 550 |
.Ve |
| 551 |
.Sp |
| 552 |
Corresponds to the following \s-1DNS\s0 entries in the \f(CW\*(C`example.net\*(C'\fR domain: |
| 553 |
.Sp |
| 554 |
.Vb 2 |
| 555 |
\& tunnel.example.net. NS tunnel\-server.example.net. |
| 556 |
\& tunnel\-server.example.net. A 13.13.13.13 |
| 557 |
.Ve |
| 558 |
.IP "dns-hostname = hostname/ip" 4 |
| 559 |
.IX Item "dns-hostname = hostname/ip" |
| 560 |
The address to bind the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel socket to, similar to the \f(CW\*(C`hostname\*(C'\fR, |
| 561 |
but for the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel protocol only. Default: \f(CW0.0.0.0\fR, but that might |
| 562 |
change. |
| 563 |
.IP "dns-port = port-number" 4 |
| 564 |
.IX Item "dns-port = port-number" |
| 565 |
The port to bind the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel socket to. Must be \f(CW53\fR on \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel servers. |
| 566 |
.IP "enable-dns = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
| 567 |
.IX Item "enable-dns = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
| 568 |
See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1DNS\s0 transport |
| 569 |
protocol. Avoid this protocol if you can. |
| 570 |
.Sp |
| 571 |
Enable the \s-1DNS\s0 tunneling protocol on this node, either as server or as |
| 572 |
client. Support for this transport protocol is only available when gvpe |
| 573 |
was compiled using the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-dns\*(C'\fR option. |
| 574 |
.IP "enable-icmp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
| 575 |
.IX Item "enable-icmp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
| 576 |
See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1ICMP\s0 transport protocol. |
| 577 |
.Sp |
| 578 |
Enable the \s-1ICMP\s0 transport using \s-1ICMP\s0 packets of type \f(CW\*(C`icmp\-type\*(C'\fR on this |
| 579 |
node. |
| 580 |
.IP "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
| 581 |
.IX Item "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
| 582 |
See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1RAW\s0 \s-1IP\s0 transport protocol. |
| 583 |
.Sp |
| 584 |
Enable the \s-1RAW\s0 IPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`ip\-proto\*(C'\fR protocol |
| 585 |
(default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). |
| 586 |
.IP "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
| 587 |
.IX Item "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
| 588 |
See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1TCP\s0 transport protocol. |
| 589 |
.Sp |
| 590 |
Enable the TCPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`tcp\-port\*(C'\fR port |
| 591 |
(default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). Support for this transport protocol is only available |
| 592 |
when gvpe was compiled using the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-tcp\*(C'\fR option. |
| 593 |
.IP "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
| 594 |
.IX Item "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
| 595 |
See \fIgvpe.protocol\fR\|(7) for a description of the \s-1UDP\s0 transport protocol. |
| 596 |
.Sp |
| 597 |
Enable the UDPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR port (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR, |
| 598 |
unless no other protocol is enabled for a node, in which case this |
| 599 |
protocol is enabled automatically). |
| 600 |
.Sp |
| 601 |
\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 Please specify \f(CW\*(C`enable\-udp = yes\*(C'\fR if you want to use it even though |
| 602 |
it might get switched on automatically, as some future version might |
| 603 |
default to another default protocol. |
| 604 |
.IP "hostname = hostname | ip [can not be defaulted]" 4 |
| 605 |
.IX Item "hostname = hostname | ip [can not be defaulted]" |
| 606 |
Forces the address of this node to be set to the given \s-1DNS\s0 hostname or \s-1IP\s0 |
| 607 |
address. It will be resolved before each connect request, so dyndns should |
| 608 |
work fine. If this setting is not specified and a router is available, |
| 609 |
then the router will be queried for the address of this node. Otherwise, |
| 610 |
the connection attempt will fail. |
| 611 |
.Sp |
| 612 |
Note that \s-1DNS\s0 resolving is done synchronously, pausing the daemon. If that |
| 613 |
is an issue you need to specify \s-1IP\s0 addresses. |
| 614 |
.IP "icmp-type = integer" 4 |
| 615 |
.IX Item "icmp-type = integer" |
| 616 |
Sets the type value to be used for outgoing (and incoming) packets sent |
| 617 |
via the \s-1ICMP\s0 transport. |
| 618 |
.Sp |
| 619 |
The default is \f(CW0\fR (which is \f(CW\*(C`echo\-reply\*(C'\fR, also known as |
| 620 |
\&\*(L"ping-reply\*(R"). Other useful values include \f(CW8\fR (\f(CW\*(C`echo\-request\*(C'\fR, a.k.a. |
| 621 |
\&\*(L"ping\*(R") and \f(CW11\fR (\f(CW\*(C`time\-exceeded\*(C'\fR), but any 8\-bit value can be used. |
| 622 |
.IP "if-up-data = value" 4 |
| 623 |
.IX Item "if-up-data = value" |
| 624 |
The value specified using this directive will be passed to the \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR |
| 625 |
script in the environment variable \f(CW\*(C`IFUPDATA\*(C'\fR. |
| 626 |
.IP "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4 |
| 627 |
.IX Item "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off" |
| 628 |
Wether to inherit the \s-1TOS\s0 settings of packets sent to the tunnel when |
| 629 |
sending packets to this node (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR). If set to \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR then |
| 630 |
outgoing tunnel packets will have the same \s-1TOS\s0 setting as the packets sent |
| 631 |
to the tunnel device, which is usually what you want. |
| 632 |
.IP "max-retry = positive-number" 4 |
| 633 |
.IX Item "max-retry = positive-number" |
| 634 |
The maximum interval in seconds (default: \f(CW3600\fR, one hour) between |
| 635 |
retries to establish a connection to this node. When a connection cannot |
| 636 |
be established, gvpe uses exponential back-off capped at this value. It's |
| 637 |
sometimes useful to set this to a much lower value (e.g. \f(CW120\fR) on |
| 638 |
connections to routers that usually are stable but sometimes are down, to |
| 639 |
assure quick reconnections even after longer downtimes. |
| 640 |
.IP "max-ttl = seconds" 4 |
| 641 |
.IX Item "max-ttl = seconds" |
| 642 |
Expire packets that couldn't be sent after this many seconds |
| 643 |
(default: \f(CW60\fR). Gvpe will normally queue packets for a node without an |
| 644 |
active connection, in the hope of establishing a connection soon. This |
| 645 |
value specifies the maximum lifetime a packet will stay in the queue, if a |
| 646 |
packet gets older, it will be thrown away. |
| 647 |
.IP "max-queue = positive\-number>=1" 4 |
| 648 |
.IX Item "max-queue = positive-number>=1" |
| 649 |
The maximum number of packets that will be queued (default: \f(CW512\fR) |
| 650 |
for this node. If more packets are sent then earlier packets will be |
| 651 |
expired. See \f(CW\*(C`max\-ttl\*(C'\fR, above. |
| 652 |
.IP "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive\-number>=2" 4 |
| 653 |
.IX Item "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive-number>=2" |
| 654 |
Sets the router priority of the given node (default: \f(CW0\fR, disabled). |
| 655 |
.Sp |
| 656 |
If some node tries to connect to another node but it doesn't have a |
| 657 |
hostname, it asks a router node for it's \s-1IP\s0 address. The router node |
| 658 |
chosen is the one with the highest priority larger than \f(CW1\fR that is |
| 659 |
currently reachable. This is called a \fImediated\fR connection, as the |
| 660 |
connection itself will still be direct, but it uses another node to |
| 661 |
mediate between the two nodes. |
| 662 |
.Sp |
| 663 |
The value \f(CW0\fR disables routing, that means if the node receives a packet |
| 664 |
not for itself it will not forward it but instead drop it. |
| 665 |
.Sp |
| 666 |
The special value \f(CW1\fR allows other hosts to route through the router |
| 667 |
host, but they will never route through it by default (i.e. the config |
| 668 |
file of another node needs to specify a router priority higher than one |
| 669 |
to choose such a node for routing). |
| 670 |
.Sp |
| 671 |
The idea behind this is that some hosts can, if required, bump the |
| 672 |
\&\f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR setting to higher than \f(CW1\fR in their local config to |
| 673 |
route through specific hosts. If \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR is \f(CW0\fR, then routing |
| 674 |
will be refused, so \f(CW1\fR serves as a \*(L"enable, but do not use by default\*(R" |
| 675 |
switch. |
| 676 |
.Sp |
| 677 |
Nodes with \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR set to \f(CW2\fR or higher will always be forced |
| 678 |
to \f(CW\*(C`connect\*(C'\fR = \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR (unless they are \f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR). |
| 679 |
.IP "tcp-port = port-number" 4 |
| 680 |
.IX Item "tcp-port = port-number" |
| 681 |
Similar to \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR (default: \f(CW655\fR), but sets the \s-1TCP\s0 port number. |
| 682 |
.IP "udp-port = port-number" 4 |
| 683 |
.IX Item "udp-port = port-number" |
| 684 |
Sets the port number used by the \s-1UDP\s0 protocol (default: \f(CW655\fR, not |
| 685 |
officially assigned by \s-1IANA\s0!). |
| 686 |
.SH "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT" |
| 687 |
.IX Header "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT" |
| 688 |
The default (or recommended) directory layout for the config directory is: |
| 689 |
.IP "gvpe.conf" 4 |
| 690 |
.IX Item "gvpe.conf" |
| 691 |
The config file. |
| 692 |
.IP "if-up" 4 |
| 693 |
.IX Item "if-up" |
| 694 |
The if-up script |
| 695 |
.IP "node-up, node-down" 4 |
| 696 |
.IX Item "node-up, node-down" |
| 697 |
If used the node up or node-down scripts. |
| 698 |
.IP "hostkey" 4 |
| 699 |
.IX Item "hostkey" |
| 700 |
The private key (taken from \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/nodename\*(C'\fR) of the current host. |
| 701 |
.IP "pubkey/nodename" 4 |
| 702 |
.IX Item "pubkey/nodename" |
| 703 |
The public keys of the other nodes, one file per node. |
| 704 |
.SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 705 |
.IX Header "SEE ALSO" |
| 706 |
\&\fIgvpe\fR\|(5), \fIgvpe\fR\|(8), \fIgvpectrl\fR\|(8). |
| 707 |
.SH "AUTHOR" |
| 708 |
.IX Header "AUTHOR" |
| 709 |
Marc Lehmann <gvpe@schmorp.de> |
