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diff --git a/open_issues/virtualization/networking.mdwn b/open_issues/virtualization/networking.mdwn index f8bda063..1eac40c6 100644 --- a/open_issues/virtualization/networking.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/virtualization/networking.mdwn @@ -34,48 +34,30 @@ Collection about stuff that is relevant for *virtualization* and *networking*. [[community/meetings/GHM2013]]. +OpenVPN can use pfinet's tun as it is, and be configured completely as joe user, +as shown below. Note that the tun0 node name has to begin with "tun", so pfinet +knows it's a tun. -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-08-23 + $ mkdir -p $HOME/servers/socket + $ touch $HOME/servers/tun0 + $ settrans -ca $HOME/servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet $HOME/servers/tun0 -a 10.0.0.1 -p 10.0.0.2 + $ cat vpn.conf + client + dev tun + dev-node /home/samy/servers/tun0 + ... + $ openvpn --config vpn.conf --verb 5 + ... - <youpi> good news - <youpi> with a couple small patches, openvpn does work as joe user + $ remap /servers/socket/2 $HOME/servers/socket/2 + $ wget www.gnu.org -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-08-30 - - <youpi> it's really cool that openvpn ended up working completely the day - before :) - - -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-09-03 - - <_d3f> Hey guys, how did you get openvpn working on the Hurd? just curious - as I saw it in the GHM video - <_d3f> no one here who has a clue how to get *vpn working on the Hurd? - <braunr> _d3f: youpi did it - <braunr> i don't know the details - <_d3f> okay, I will question him when I see him around, thx. Do you know if - it was a lot of work to get the tun device working? Because I would like - to use tinc on the Hurd. - <braunr> _d3f: a bit but not that much either - <_d3f> braunr: well, okay. Do you know if the source of his 'port' is - online, I haven't found it :/ - <braunr> it should be soon - - -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-09-04 - - <_d3f> youpi: you are the guy who has brought openvpn to the hurd, right? I - would like to know how you got the tun/tap thing working as I would like - to use tinc on it. :) - <youpi> _d3f: essentially no modification of openvpn iirc - <youpi> just tell it to open the tun node created by pfinet - <youpi> and read/write it - <youpi> i.e. the existing generic code in place in openvpn - <_d3f> I will have a look at it, somekind tinc builds with the linux - specific device.c but I wasn't able to exchange keys. I will have a look - at the device handling again and try to get the pfinet tun node used. +Ideally openvpn would be made to setup pfinet itself, but at least for now it +can be configured by hand like that. +It would probably be possible to make pfinet able to produce a tap too, would +need some code. ## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-09-07 @@ -98,3 +80,5 @@ Collection about stuff that is relevant for *virtualization* and *networking*. <d3f> yeah I know, I talked to him as I am tring to get tinc working on the Hurd (tinc builds by now). I will give him a shot about creating the "tun" device + +tun has indeed nothing to do with devnode and netdde, it's pfinet which creates it, as documented above. |