Patch for tunnelserver mode in protocol_subnet.c
Thomas NOEL
thomas.noel at auf.org
Wed Apr 13 15:58:03 CEST 2005
Hi,
Le 13.04.2005 15:44, Guus Sliepen a écrit :
>> if(tunnelserver && owner != myself && owner != c->node)
>> return false;
>>But with a "return false" the meta-connection will be closed. Wouldn't
>>it be better to answer "true" ? I.e. don't handle the request, but dont'
>>close the connection ?
> Tinc relies on the fact that every node in the VPN has the view of the
> VPN, ie. they all know the same list of nodes, subnets and edges.
> If some nodes have a different view, then the graph algorithms can't
> guarantee correct routing anymore. So it is never good to ignore faulty
> data from other nodes.
But others nodes can't know that I'm a tunnelserver.
So tunnelserver must "ignore faulty data"...
Or maybe tunnelserver imply that all nodes are tunnelserver ?
Thanks,
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