compression

[Jeroen Vriesman]

aha,

if all vpn traffic is compressed, which options can be set for that
compression (e.g. zlib or lzo, and compression level).

In my setup I have to use tcponly (NAT), but I would like to use maximum
compression for the vpn traffic (slow connection).



On 4/19/07, Menno Smits <menno at netboxblue.com> wrote:
>
> Jeroen Vriesman wrote:
>
> > The homepage of tinc says it compresses all traffic, but the manpage
> > says that it only compresses UDP packets.
> > Which one is true?
>
> Tinc uses a TCP connection for control purposes and UDP packets for
> transmitting that encapsulated VPN traffic. It's those UDP packets that
> get compressed if the Compression option is set to something other than 0.
>
> The documentation for the Compression option isn't very clear about what
> "UDP packets" means; all VPN traffic is definitely compressed.
>
> Note that if TCPOnly is used then all VPN traffic is sent via the TCP
> control channel. In this case compression can't be used.
>
> Menno
>
>
> Scanned by the NetBox from NetBox Blue
> (http://netboxblue.com/)
>
>
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