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diff --git a/README.IPv6 b/README.IPv6 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d504f4f --- /dev/null +++ b/README.IPv6 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +IPv6 payload support +-------------------- + +Latest IPv6 payload support code and documentation can be found from here: + + http://www.greenie.net/ipv6/openvpn.html + +For TODO list, see TODO.IPv6. + +Gert Doering, 31.12.2009 + + + +IPv6 transport support +---------------------- + +[ Last updated: 25-Mar-2011. ] + +OpenVPN-2.1 over UDP6/TCP6 README for ipv6-0.4.x patch releases: +( --udp6 and --tcp6-{client,server} ) + +* Availability + Source code under GPLv2 from http://github.com/jjo/openvpn-ipv6 + + Distro ready repos/packages: + o Debian sid official repo, by Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta, + starting from openvpn_2.1~rc20-2 + o Gentoo official portage tree, by Marcel Pennewiss: + - https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287896 + o Ubuntu package, by Bernhard Schmidt: + - https://launchpad.net/~berni/+archive/ipv6/+packages + o Freetz.org, milestone freetz-1.2 + - http://trac.freetz.org/milestone/freetz-1.2 + +* Status: + o OK: + - upd6,tcp6: GNU/Linux, win32, openbsd-4.7, freebsd-8.1 + - udp4->upd6,tcp4->tcp6 (ipv4/6 mapped): GNU/Linux + (gives a warning on local!=remote proto matching) + o NOT: + - win32: tcp4->tcp6 (ipv4/6 mapped) fails w/connection refused + o NOT tested: + - mgmt console + +* Build setup: + ./configure --enable-ipv6 (by default) + +* Usage: + For IPv6 just specify "-p upd6" an proper IPv6 hostnames, adapting the example + from man page ... + + On may: + openvpn --proto udp6 --remote <june_IPv6_addr> --dev tun1 \ + --ifconfig 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2 --verb 5 --secret key + + On june: + openvpn --proto udp6 --remote <may_IPv6_addr> --dev tun1 \ + --ifconfig 10.4.0.2 10.4.0.1 --verb 5 --secret key + + Same for --proto tcp6-client, tcp6-server. + +* Main code changes summary: + - socket.h: New struct openvpn_sockaddr type that holds sockaddrs and pktinfo, + (here I omitted #ifdef USE_PF_xxxx, see socket.h ) + + struct openvpn_sockaddr { + union { + struct sockaddr sa; + struct sockaddr_in in; + struct sockaddr_in6 in6; + } addr; + }; + + struct link_socket_addr + { + struct openvpn_sockaddr local; + struct openvpn_sockaddr remote; + struct openvpn_sockaddr actual; + }; + + PRO: allows simple type overloading: local.addr.sa, local.addr.in, local.addr.in6 ... etc + (also local.pi.in and local.pi.in6) + + - several function prototypes moved from sockaddr_in to openvpn_sockaddr + - several new sockaddr functions needed to "generalize" AF_xxxx operations: + addr_copy(), addr_zero(), ...etc + proto_is_udp(), proto_is_dgram(), proto_is_net() + +* For TODO list, see TODO.IPv6 + +-- +JuanJo Ciarlante jjo () google () com ............................ +: : +. Linux IP Aliasing author . +. Modular algo (AES et all) support for FreeSWAN/OpenSWAN author . +. OpenVPN over IPv6 support . +:...... plus other scattered free software bits in the wild ...: |