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@ -4,33 +4,39 @@ This repository contains the tinc hosts for ICVPN-Peers and several helper scrip
## Setup
This network requires the use of the Tinc VPN Daemon. You should use at least version 1.0.24 or higher, als the
This network requires the use of the Tinc VPN Daemon. You should use at least version 1.0.24 or higher, also the
current pre-release version 1.1pre11 seems to work just fine.
### Clone the repository
cd /etc/tinc/
git clone https://github.com/freifunk/icvpn.git
cd icvpn
cp scripts/post-merge .git/hooks/
# cd /etc/tinc/
# git clone https://github.com/freifunk/icvpn.git
# cd icvpn
# cp scripts/post-merge .git/hooks/
### Create your tinc configuration
Open your favorite editor and create the /etc/tinc/icvpn/tinc.conf.
Name=entenhausen1
Mode=switch
More options can be found through
man tinc.conf
# man tinc.conf
Afterwards create a keypair with tincd.
tincd -n icvpn -K
# tincd -n icvpn -K
Hint: In version 1.1 this option was moved to the tinc binary and is called <code>generate-rsa-keys</code>.
### Execute post-merge hook
This step is necessary to populate your new configuration with infos about the metanodes.
./git/hooks/post-merge
# ./git/hooks/post-merge
### Set up a cronjob to update the repository in regular intervals.
# crontab -e
and insert for example
@daily cd /etc/tinc/icvpn/; git pull > /dev/null
## What are meta nodes?
@ -49,9 +55,10 @@ which results in much less strain on the whole network. This is why we now use m
the `./metanodes` file.
Criteria for the selection of meta nodes are:
1) autonomous system diversity
2) community diversity
3) ample resources (cpu, memory, traffic)
1. autonomous system diversity
2. community diversity
3. ample resources (cpu, memory, traffic)
When data needs to be transferd between two nodes, this will happen indepently of those meta nodes. Through the shared
network graph a direct transfer is possible and will be tried: at first via UDP, then via TCP, then indirectly. While