tinc TODO list

[Guus Sliepen]

Revisiting the todo list that was posted on August the 21st:

smartcard support                            1.1
LDAP support                                 1.1
public/private keys for authentication       1.1	DONE
don't store passphrases in files that are called after IP addresses
                                             1.0	DONE
use names to identify connections instead of IP addresses
                                             1.0	DONE
use one passphrase for multiple IP subnets   1.0	DONE
use OpenSSL crypto libraries                 1.1	DONE
compress data before encrypting              >1.1
inherit TOS flags                            1.1
autoconfigure the tap interface              1.1	sort of
MAC address translation                      2.0
config file layout/syntax change             >= 1.1	sort of
multiple threads                             2.0
crypto accelerator support                   2.0
send "fake" packets (chaffing)               1.1
routing based on MAC                         2.0
ABC-protocol & tinc-ARP                      2.0
TCPonly proper                               1.0
bind to specific interface or IP address     1.0	not tested
check whether passphrases are properly protected
                                             1.0
PPP/SLIP support                             2.0
L2TP, PPTP, IPSec support                    2.0
modularity                                   2.0
support for tun device                       >1.1	DONE
admin scripts: tinc-on/tinc-off/tincconfig/tinc-add/tinc-keygen
                                             1.1
fix "make rpm"                               1.0	DONE
use DESTDIR in po/Makefile                   1.0	DONE
sequence numbers for packets & metaprotocol  1.0
delay before reconnect on inconsistency      1.0	DONE
configurable timeout                         1.0	DONE
force IndirectData by server                 1.1
support for tinc in ifup/ifdown              1.1
metaprotocol over SSL                        2.0	sort of
fix license problem                          1.0	DONE

Some things I would like to add:

use balanced trees for most datastructures   >= 1.1
use Wessels authentication scheme :)         1.0

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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
  Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.warande.net>
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See also: http://tinc.nl.linux.org/
          http://www.kernelbench.org/
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