Thanks Guus for answering all of these many emails. I now had a question as to if it is possible for something like this. Suppose that you have a Tinc VPN network made up of 4 nodes (A, B, C, D) and you want to dynamically add new nodes (E, F). How can this be done without having to re-start all of the nodes A-D? Based upon what I can see, each node condifuration files need to be modified and each node re-started, right? Would it be better if tincd would watch the network directory on that node for changes and update communications based upon the node files placed in there at any time. This could also be extended to a "ConnectTo" directory for each node that could dynamically connect to other nodess if there were a file with parameters for each connect to in that directory. Was trying to get away from having to restart node daemons. I am especially interested in how my roadwarriors will be allowed to have people connect to them easily without using external services like DynDNS. Just an idea though. Thanks, Lonnie
On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 10:21:46AM -0600, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:> Suppose that you have a Tinc VPN network made up of 4 nodes (A, B, C, D) > and you want to dynamically add new nodes (E, F). How can this be done > without having to re-start all of the nodes A-D? > > Based upon what I can see, each node condifuration files need to be > modified and each node re-started, right?No. If you want to add node E to the existing VPN, you only have to copy node E's host config file to one of existing nodes, say for example A. Then you copy A's host config file to E, and add ConnectTo = A to E's tinc.conf. Then you (re)start E's tincd. You don't need to restart the tincd on A, and you don't have to do anything with the other nodes. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.eu.org> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://brouwer.uvt.nl/pipermail/tinc/attachments/20041114/da8bd351/attachment.pgp
I have been trying to review to code and am still getting a feel for the layout. Any suggestions as to point me in the right direction for my investigation of this issue? Thanks, Lonnie Guus Sliepen wrote:>On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 12:53:30PM -0600, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > > > >>I look forward to that future version as I think that my particular >>project really needs that functionaity. >> >>Might there be any projections when this could possibly happen? >> >> > >The only projection I can make is that if you send in a patch, it will >be sooner :) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >tinc mailing list >tinc@tinc-vpn.org >http://brouwer.uvt.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinc > >