Is netname used in metadata connections ?

[Guus Sliepen]

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 03:15:34PM +0200, Florent B wrote:

> I would like to know if the "netname" configured on each node, is used
> somewhere in communications between nodes ?
> 
> I mean, a node A running netname=network1 can connect to node B running
> Tincd with netname=network2 ? or not ?

The netname is not used in communication between the nodes. It's only
used on the local node, and has two effects:

- It sets the configuration directory to /etc/tinc/<netname>
- On Linux, sets the name of the virtual network interface to <netname>,
  if you don't use the Interface option.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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