truly dynamic real-internet IP

Guus Sliepen guus at sliepen.eu.org
Fri Dec 19 09:56:38 CET 2003


On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:35:31PM -0500, Jeff Pyle wrote:

> Now, some Windows-only DSL-connected bum wants to play in my sandbox.  
> That's two strikes against him.  Ignoring that... (now here comes the 
> tinc question) does this particular host have to have an IP or hostname 
> specifed in the Address field of his hosts file?  If no one is ever 
> going to ConnectTo this person, is this required?

No, it's only required if you want to ConnectTo it.

> Can the rest of the nodes retrieve his actual Internet IP from him at
> the time of his connection?

Yes.

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