tinc - Mar 2010 - Contradiction in documentation

Hi,

I'm reading the tinc documentation [1], chapter 4 Configuration. I
notice an apparent contradiction, and I wonder which part is correct.

[1] http://tinc-vpn.org/documentation/tinc_4.html

In part 4.3 "How connections work" this is stated:

"If it [tinc] sees one or more ?ConnectTo? values pointing to other tinc
daemons in that file, it will try to connect to those other daemons.
Whether this succeeds or not and whether ?ConnectTo? is specified or
not, tinc will listen for incoming connection from other deamons."

In other words: regardless of its configuration, tinc always opens a
listener which other hosts can connect to.

In part 4.7 "Example configuration" however, I read the following:

"Also, ConnectTo is given so that no-one can connect to this node."
(as
a comment on the example configuration of Branch B)

In other words: tinc does not open a listener which other hosts can
connect to.

If I interpret these parts correctly, there is a contradiction. If so,
which one of these is correct? If on the other hand I'm simply
misinterpreting, please let me know.

Kind regards,

Erik Logtenberg.

On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 05:21:06PM +0100, Erik Logtenberg wrote:
> I'm reading the tinc documentation [1], chapter 4 Configuration. I
> notice an apparent contradiction, and I wonder which part is correct.
> 
> In part 4.3 "How connections work" this is stated:
> 
> "If it [tinc] sees one or more ?ConnectTo? values pointing to other
tinc
> daemons in that file, it will try to connect to those other daemons.
> Whether this succeeds or not and whether ?ConnectTo? is specified or
> not, tinc will listen for incoming connection from other deamons."
> 
> In other words: regardless of its configuration, tinc always opens a
> listener which other hosts can connect to.
This is correct, tinc will always listen for incoming
connections.
> 
> In part 4.7 "Example configuration" however, I read the
following:
> 
> "Also, ConnectTo is given so that no-one can connect to this
node." (as
> a comment on the example configuration of Branch B)
This is incorrect, I've fixed the documentation in the git repository.
Thanks
for noticing!

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