Re: [libdnet-devel] Opening a tunnel

[Heiko W. <he...@or...>]

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Hi Jesse,

> I'd like to try creating a simple tunnel with the library, or at least
> know how I would.
>
> The general idea seems simple enough: Open the tunnel on both ends,
> send, receive.
>
> tun_open is an issue because it takes an mtu int, and I can't find
> documentation on what this is.
the MTU is the max size of a packet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_transmission_unit
>
> I assume that a tunnel is connected by opening the interface with each
> other's IP.
>
> When you are sending/receiving is a "packet" defined to be the size of
> what you request?
> FYI, I am trying to put this information to good use.
> http://csfacwiki.cslabs.ewu.edu/wiki/securitylab/index.php/Libdnet
No clue. Never used the tunnel feature. But you could look into the
sourcecode. In most cases this solves your questions.

regards,
Heiko
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