X-Git-Url: https://www.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=0f8a9a555e9482dad9965304e2d036c397bbe845;hp=a8fff1766d8a6930753b8858d6374b8f505dedf3;hb=d737ec63715f84574162a3f7d8649c1147aa5617;hpb=8c267d3d558ac97a4ce7381a37abb6cc4b46b133 diff --git a/README b/README index a8fff176..0f8a9a55 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -This is the README file for tinc version 1.0.10. Installation +This is the README file for tinc version 1.0.23. Installation instructions may be found in the INSTALL file. -tinc is Copyright (C) 1998-2009 by: +tinc is Copyright (C) 1998-2013 by: Ivo Timmermans, Guus Sliepen , @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ writeup describing various security issues in several VPN daemons. He showed that tinc lacks perfect forward security, the connection authentication could be done more properly, that the sequence number we use as an IV is not the best practice and that the default length of the HMAC for packets is too short in -his opinion. We do not know of a way to exploit these weaknesses, but we will -address these issues in tinc 2.0. +his opinion. We do not know of a way to exploit these weaknesses, but these +issues are being addressed in the tinc 1.1 branch. Cryptography is a hard thing to get right. We cannot make any guarantees. Time, review and feedback are the only things that can @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ should be changed into "Device", and "Device" should be changed into Compatibility ------------- -Version 1.0.10 is compatible with 1.0pre8, 1.0 and later, but not with older +Version 1.0.23 is compatible with 1.0pre8, 1.0 and later, but not with older versions of tinc. @@ -69,14 +69,12 @@ this library is not installed on you system, configure will fail. The manual in doc/tinc.texi contains more detailed information on how to install this library. -Since 1.0pre6, the zlib library is used for optional compression. You need this -library whether or not you plan to enable the compression. You can find it at -http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. Because of a possible exploit in earlier versions we -recommand that you download version 1.1.4 or later. +Since 1.0pre6, the zlib library is used for optional compression. You can +find it at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. Because of a possible exploit in +earlier versions we recommend that you download version 1.1.4 or later. -Since 1.0, the lzo library is also used for optional compression. You need this -library whether or not you plan to enable compression. You can find it at -http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/. +Since 1.0, the lzo library is also used for optional compression. You can +find it at http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/. In order to compile tinc, you will need a GNU C compiler environment.