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authorBernhard Schmidt <berni@debian.org>2020-08-15 21:29:50 +0200
committerBernhard Schmidt <berni@debian.org>2020-08-15 21:29:50 +0200
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+/*
+ * OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks
+ * over a single TCP/UDP port, with support for SSL/TLS-based
+ * session authentication and key exchange,
+ * packet encryption, packet authentication, and
+ * packet compression.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Fox Crypto B.V. <openvpn@fox-it.com>
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Reliability Layer module documentation file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup reliable Reliability Layer module
+ *
+ * The Reliability Layer is part of OpenVPN's control channel. It
+ * provides a reliable and sequential transport mechanism for control
+ * channel messages between OpenVPN peers. This module forms the
+ * interface between the \link external_multiplexer External
+ * Multiplexer\endlink and the \link control_tls Control Channel TLS
+ * module\endlink.
+ *
+ * @par UDP or TCP as VPN tunnel transport
+ *
+ * This is especially important when OpenVPN is configured to communicate
+ * over UDP, because UDP does not offer a reliable and sequential
+ * transport. OpenVPN endpoints can also communicate over TCP which does
+ * provide a reliable and sequential transport. In both cases, using UDP
+ * or TCP as an external transport, the internal Reliability Layer is
+ * active.
+ */