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.TH TINC 5 "May 2000" "tinc version 1.0" "FSF"
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.SH NAME
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tinc.conf \- tinc daemon configuration
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The files in the \fI/etc/tinc\fR directory contain runtime and
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security information for the \fBtinc\fR(8) daemon.
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.PP
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.SH "NETWORKS"
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It is perfectly ok for you to run more than one tinc daemon. However,
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in its default form, you will soon notice that you can't use two
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different configuration files without the \fI-c\fR option.
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We have thought of another way of dealing with this: network
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names. This means that you call \fBtincd\fR with the \fI-n\fR argument,
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which will assign a name to this daemon.
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The effect of this is that the daemon will set its configuration
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``root'' to \fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/\fR, where \fBnn\fR is your argument
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to the \fI-n\fR option. You'll notice that it appears in syslog as
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``tincd.\fBnn\fR''.
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However, it is not strictly necessary that you call tinc with the -n
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option. In this case, the network name would just be empty, and it
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will be used as such. tinc now looks for files in \fI/etc/tinc/\fR,
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instead of \fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/\fR; the configuration file should be
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\fI/etc/tinc/tinc.conf\fR, and the passphrases are now expected to be
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in \fI/etc/tinc/passphrases/\fR.
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But it is highly recommended that you use this feature of tinc,
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because it will be so much clearer whom your daemon talks to. Hence,
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we will assume that you use it.
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.PP
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.SH "NAMES"
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Each tinc daemon should have a name that is unique in the network which
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it will be part of. The name will be used by other tinc daemons for
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identification. The name has to be declared in the
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\fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/tinc.conf\fR file.
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To make things easy, choose something that will give unique and easy
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to rememebr names to your tinc daemon(s).
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You could try things like hostnames, owner surnames or location names.
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.PP
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.SH "PUBLIC/PRIVATE KEYS"
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You should use \fBtincd --generate-keys\fR to generate public/private
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keypairs. It will generate two keys. The line containing the private
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key should be completely copied to \fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/tinc.conf\fR
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\-\- where \fBnn\fR stands for the network (See under \fBNETWORKS\fR)
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above. The line containing the public key should be completely copied
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to \fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/hosts/\fBname\fR \-\- where \fBname\fR stands
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for the name of the tinc daemon (See \fBNAMES\fR).
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.PP
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.SH "SERVER CONFIGURATION"
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The server configuration of the daemon is done in the file
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\fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/tinc.conf\fR.
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This file consists of comments (lines started with a \fB#\fR) or
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assignments in the form of
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.PP
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.Vb 1
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\& \fIVariable \fB= \fIValue\fR.
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.Ve
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.PP
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The variable names are case insensitive, and any spaces, tabs,
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newlines and carriage returns are ignored. \fINote\fR: it is not
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required that you put in the \fB=\fR sign, but doing so improves
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readability. If you leave it out, remember to replace it with at least
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one space character.
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.PP
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Here are all valid variables, listed in alphabetical order. The default
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value, required or optional is given between parentheses.
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.TP
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\fBConnectTo\fR = <\fIname\fR> (optional)
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Specifies which host to connect to on startup. Multiple \fBConnectTo\fR variables
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may be specified, if connecting to the first one fails then tinc will try
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the next one, and so on. The names should be known to this tinc daemon
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(i.e., there should be a host configuration file for the name on the ConnectTo
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line).
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If you don't specify a host with \fBConnectTo\fR, tinc won't connect at all,
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and will instead just listen for incoming connections.
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\fBHostnames\fR = <\fIyes|no\fR> (no)
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This option selects whether IP addresses (both real and on the VPN) should
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be resolved. Since DNS lookups are blocking, it might affect tinc's
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efficiency, even stopping the daemon for a few seconds everytime it does
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a lookup if your DNS server is not responding.
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This does not affect resolving hostnames to IP addresses from the
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host configuration files.
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.TP
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\fBKeyExpire\fR = <\fIseconds\fR> (3600)
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This option controls the time the encryption keys used to encrypt the data
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are valid. It is common practice to change keys at regular intervals to
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make it even harder for crackers, even though it is thought to be nearly
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impossible to crack a single key.
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\fBName\fR = <\fIname\fR> (required)
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This is the name which identifies this tinc daemon. It must be unique for
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the virtual private network this daemon will connect to.
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.TP
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\fBPingTimeout\fR = <\fIseconds\fR> (5)
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The number of seconds of inactivity that tinc will wait before sending a
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probe to the other end. If that other end doesn't answer within that
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same amount of seconds, the connection is terminated, and the others
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will be notified of this.
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\fBPrivateKey\fR = <\fIkey\fR> (required)
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The private RSA key of this tinc daemon. It will allow this tinc daemon to
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authenticate itself to other daemons.
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.TP
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\fBTapDevice\fR = <\fIdevice\fR> (/dev/tap0)
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The ethertap or tun/tap device to use. tinc will automatically detect what
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kind of tapdevice it is.
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Note that you can only use one device per
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daemon. The info pages of the tinc package contain more information
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about configuring an ethertap device for Linux.
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.PP
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.SH "HOST CONFIGURATION FILES"
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The host configuration files contain all information needed to establish a
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connection to those hosts. A host configuration file is also required for the
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local tinc daemon, it will use it to read in it's listen port, public key and
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subnets.
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The idea is that these files are ``portable''. You can safely mail your own host
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configuration file to someone else. That other person can then copy it to his
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own hosts directory, and now his tinc daemon will be able to connect to your
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tinc daemon. Since host configuration files only contain public keys, no secrets
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are revealed by sending out this information.
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\fBAddress\fR = <\fIIP address\fR> (required)
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The real address or hostname of this tinc daemon.
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\fBPort\fR = <\fIport number\fR> (655)
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The port on which this tinc daemon is listening for incoming connections.
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\fBPublicKey\fR = <\fIkey\fR> (required)
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The public RSA key of this tinc daemon. It will be used to cryptographically
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verify it's identity and to set up a secure connection.
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\fBSubnet\fR = <\fIaddress/masklength\fR> (optional)
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The subnet which this tinc daemon will serve. tinc tries to look up which other
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daemon it should send a packet to by searching the appropiate subnet. If the
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packet matches a subnet, it will be sent to the daemon who has this subnet in his
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host configuration file. Multiple subnet lines can be specified.
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At the moment, this directive is only used in the host configuration file of
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the local tinc daemon itself. In upcoming versions of tinc, it will be possible to
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restrict other hosts in which subnets they server.
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The subnets must be in a form like \fI192.168.1.0/24\fR, where 192.168.1.0 is the
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network address and 24 is the number of bits set in the netmask. Note that subnets
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like \fI192.168.1.1/24\fR are invalid! Read a networking howto/FAQ/guide if you
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don't understand this.
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.SH "FILES"
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\fI/etc/tinc/\fR
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The top directory for configuration files.
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\fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/tinc.conf\fR
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The default name of the server configuration file for net
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\fBnn\fR.
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\fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/hosts/\fR
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Host configuration files are kept in this directory.
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\fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/tinc-up\fR
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If an executable file with this name exists, it will be executed
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right after the tinc daemon has connected to the tap device. It can
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be used to ifconfig the network interface.
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If the tapdevice is a tun/tap device, the evironment variable
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\fB$IFNAME\fR will be set to the name of the network interface.
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\fI/etc/tinc/\fBnn\fI/tinc-down\fR
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If an executable file with this name exists, it will be executed
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right before the tinc daemon is going to close it's connection to the
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tap device.
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.PP
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBtincd\fR(8)
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\fBhttp://tinc.nl.linux.org/\fR
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\fBhttp://www.kernelnotes.org/guides/NAG/\fR
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.PP
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The full documentation for
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.B tinc
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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.B info
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and
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.B tinc
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.IP
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.B info tinc
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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.PP
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tinc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
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and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
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see the file COPYING for details.
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