From 1079962e4c06f88a54e50d997c1b7e84303d30b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernhard Schmidt Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 21:29:50 +0200 Subject: New upstream version 2.5~beta1 --- doc/doxygen/doc_reliable.h | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/doxygen/doc_reliable.h (limited to 'doc/doxygen/doc_reliable.h') diff --git a/doc/doxygen/doc_reliable.h b/doc/doxygen/doc_reliable.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..70556d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/doxygen/doc_reliable.h @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +/* + * 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. + * + * + * 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. + */ -- cgit v1.2.3