One host for forwarding only without keys
Armin
armin at melware.de
Sat Sep 3 07:21:38 CEST 2016
On 09/02/2016 08:51 PM, Etienne Dechamps wrote:
> What version of tinc are you using? tinc 1.1 already does what you want out of
> the box: packets sent from node A to node B through node C will use a key that
> A and B will negotiate between themselves. C doesn't have the key, and will
> act as a blind relay. C will not be able to decipher the packets flowing
> between A and B.
>
> This is different from tinc 1.0, where C would have to decipher the packet in
> order to determine what its final destination is. In tinc 1.1 that routing
> information is sent in cleartext so that C can forward the packet without
> having to decipher it.
I am using tinc 1.0.
Switching to 1.1 makes sense then.
Can C then be completely without keys, forwarder only with not access to the
network at all?
Armin
> On 2 September 2016 at 09:40, Armin <armin at melware.de
> <mailto:armin at melware.de>> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> as written in my other posts, I have a setup of about seven
> hosts. Two of them (A and B) use StrictSubnets and an own routing via
> a special host (C), because C has better connection to the A and B than a
> direct A-B connection.
>
> Host C is in a place where I need to create special security settings.
> The VPN encrypted data shall not be available on host C.
> There is no need for host C be in routing of tinc vpn, it just shall
> forward the encrypted packets to another host when needed.
>
> Is it possible to setup a host as part of a tinc network without the
> access to the packets (decrypted)?
> Or do I need to setup some other kind of tunnel for this?
>
> Armin
>
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