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diff --git a/doc/doxygen/doc_eventloop.h b/doc/doxygen/doc_eventloop.h deleted file mode 100644 index 8bd2635..0000000 --- a/doc/doxygen/doc_eventloop.h +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -/* - * 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 - * Main Event Loop module documentation file. - */ - -/** - * @defgroup eventloop Main Event Loop module - * - * This main event loop module drives the packet processing of OpenVPN. - * - * OpenVPN is an event driven system. Its activities are driven by a main - * event loop, which repeatedly waits for one of several predefined events - * to occur, and then calls the appropriate module to handle the event. - * The major types of network events that OpenVPN processes are: - * - A packet can be read from the external network interface. - * - The main event loop activates the \link external_multiplexer - * External Multiplexer\endlink to read and process the packet. - * - A packet can be read from the virtual tun/tap network interface. - * - The main event loop activates the \link internal_multiplexer - * Internal Multiplexer\endlink to read and process the packet. - * - If a packet is ready to be sent out as a VPN tunnel packet: the - * external network interface can be written to. - * - The main event loop activates the \link external_multiplexer - * External Multiplexer\endlink to send the packet. - * - If a packet is ready to be sent to a locally reachable destination: - * the virtual tun/tap network interface can be written to. - * - The main event loop activates the \link internal_multiplexer - * Internal Multiplexer\endlink to send the packet. - * - * Beside these external events, OpenVPN also processes other types of - * internal events. These include scheduled events, such as resending of - * non-acknowledged control channel messages. - * - * @par Main event loop implementations - * - * Depending on the mode in which OpenVPN is running, a different main - * event loop function is called to drive the event processing. The - * following implementations are available: - * - Client mode using UDP or TCP: \c tunnel_point_to_point() - * - Server mode using UDP: \c tunnel_server_udp_single_threaded() - * - Server mode using TCP: \c tunnel_server_tcp() - */ |