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131.IX Title "VPE.5 5" 131.IX Title "VPE 5"
132.TH VPE.5 5 "2003-03-28" "0.1" "Virtual Private Ethernet" 132.TH VPE 5 "2004-06-07" "1.7" "Virtual Private Ethernet"
133.SH "NAME" 133.SH "NAME"
134vpe \- Overview of the virtual private ethernet suite. 134GNU\-VPE \- Overview of the GNU Virtual Private Ethernet suite.
135.SH "DESCRIPTION" 135.SH "DESCRIPTION"
136.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" 136.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
137Vpe is a suite designed to provide a virtual private network for multiple 137Vpe is a suite designed to provide a virtual private network for multiple
138nodes over an untrusted network. 138nodes over an untrusted network.
139.PP 139.PP
182.IX Item "vped" 182.IX Item "vped"
183Is the daemon used to establish and maintain conenctions to the other 183Is the daemon used to establish and maintain conenctions to the other
184network members. It should be run on the gateway machine. 184network members. It should be run on the gateway machine.
185.SH "COMPILETIME CONFIGURATION" 185.SH "COMPILETIME CONFIGURATION"
186.IX Header "COMPILETIME CONFIGURATION" 186.IX Header "COMPILETIME CONFIGURATION"
187Please have a look at the \f(CW\*(C`vpe.osdep(5)\*(C'\fR manpage for platform-specific
188information.
189.PP
187Here are a few recipes for compiling your vpe: 190Here are a few recipes for compiling your vpe:
188.Sh "\s-1AS\s0 \s-1LOW\s0 \s-1PACKET\s0 \s-1OVERHEAD\s0 \s-1AS\s0 \s-1POSSIBLE\s0" 191.Sh "\s-1AS\s0 \s-1LOW\s0 \s-1PACKET\s0 \s-1OVERHEAD\s0 \s-1AS\s0 \s-1POSSIBLE\s0"
189.IX Subsection "AS LOW PACKET OVERHEAD AS POSSIBLE" 192.IX Subsection "AS LOW PACKET OVERHEAD AS POSSIBLE"
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191\& ./configure --enable-hmac-length=4 --enable-rand-length=0 194\& ./configure --enable-hmac-length=4 --enable-rand-length=0
331inittab, as is recommended, \f(CW\*(C`vpectrl \-k\*(C'\fR (or simply \f(CW\*(C`killall vped\*(C'\fR) will 334inittab, as is recommended, \f(CW\*(C`vpectrl \-k\*(C'\fR (or simply \f(CW\*(C`killall vped\*(C'\fR) will
332kill the daemon, start it again, making it read it's configuration files 335kill the daemon, start it again, making it read it's configuration files
333again. 336again.
334.SH "SEE ALSO" 337.SH "SEE ALSO"
335.IX Header "SEE ALSO" 338.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
336\&\fIvpe\fR\|(5), \fIvped.conf\fR\|(5), \fIvpectrl\fR\|(8). 339\&\fIvpe.osdep\fR\|(5) for OS-depedendent information, \fIvped.conf\fR\|(5), \fIvpectrl\fR\|(8), and
340for a description of the protocol and routing algorithms, \fIvpe.protocol\fR\|(7).
337.SH "AUTHOR" 341.SH "AUTHOR"
338.IX Header "AUTHOR" 342.IX Header "AUTHOR"
339Marc Lehmann <vpe@plan9.de> 343Marc Lehmann <vpe@plan9.de>
344.SH "COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES"
345.IX Header "COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES"
346Vpe itself is distributed under the \s-1GENERAL\s0 \s-1PUBLIC\s0 \s-1LICENSE\s0 (see the file
347\&\s-1COPYING\s0 that should be part of your distribution).
348.PP
349In some configurations it uses modified versions of the tinc vpn suite,
350which is also available under the \s-1GENERAL\s0 \s-1PUBLIC\s0 \s-1LICENSE\s0.
351.PP
352In some configurations (notably darwin), it uses a poll emulation library
353that comes with the following license notice:
354.PP
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356\& Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Brian M. Clapper
357\& All rights reserved.
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361\& Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
362\& provided that: (1) source distributions retain this entire
363\& copyright notice and comment; (2) modifications made to the
364\& software are prominently mentioned, and a copy of the original
365\& software (or a pointer to its location) are included; and (3)
366\& distributions including binaries display the following
367\& acknowledgement: "This product includes software developed by Brian
368\& M. Clapper <bmc@clapper.org>" in the documentation or other
369\& materials provided with the distribution. The name of the author
370\& may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
371\& software without specific prior written permission.
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375\& THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
376\& IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
377\& WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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