Unlimited length in the config file, thanks to Cris van Pelt.

[tinc] / doc / tinc.texi

diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi
index dea5a9b..fdcbf45 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.texi
+++ b/doc/tinc.texi
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 This is the info manual for tinc, a Virtual Private Network daemon.
 
 
 This is the info manual for tinc, a Virtual Private Network daemon.
 

-Copyright 1998 Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>
+Copyright 1998,199,2000 Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>

 
      Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim
      copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and
 
      Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim
      copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and


@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Copyright 1998 Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>
 
 @page
 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
 
 @page
 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll

-Copyright @copyright{} 1998 Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>
+Copyright @copyright{} 1998,1999,2000 Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>

 
      Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim
      copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and
 
      Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim
      copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and


@@ -765,6 +765,13 @@ have two connections, we also have two protocols. The protocol used for
 the UDP data is the ``data-protocol,'' the other one is the
 ``meta-protocol.''
 
 the UDP data is the ``data-protocol,'' the other one is the
 ``meta-protocol.''
 

+The reason we don't use TCP for both protocols is that UDP is much
+better for encapsulation, even while it is less reliable. The real
+problem is that when TCP would be used to encapsulate a TCP stream
+that's on the private network, for every packet sent there would be
+three ACK's sent instead of just one. Furthermore, if there would be
+a timeout, both TCP streams would sense the timeout, and both would
+start resending packets.

 
 @c ==================================================================
 @node    Security,  , The Connection, Technical information
 
 @c ==================================================================
 @node    Security,  , The Connection, Technical information