From: Sergey Matveev <stargrave@stargrave.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:15:29 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Remark about proprietary OS
X-Git-Tag: 2.3^2~21
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.ru/?p=govpn.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=adbaca889deca2f635a3e7bfada9d074f44cd53b

Remark about proprietary OS

Signed-off-by: Sergey Matveev <stargrave@stargrave.org>
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diff --git a/README b/README
index bdb3489..49baa2b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-GoVPN is simple secure free software virtual private network daemon. It
-uses Diffie-Hellman Encrypted Key Exchange (DH-EKE) for mutual
-zero-knowledge peers authentication and authenticated encrypted data
-transport.
+GoVPN is simple secure free software virtual private network daemon,
+written on Go programming language. It uses Diffie-Hellman Encrypted Key
+Exchange (DH-EKE) for mutual zero-knowledge peers authentication and
+authenticated encrypted data transport. Other features include:
+IPv4/IPv6, rehandshake, heartbeat, pre-shared keys (PSK), perfect
+forward secrecy (PFS). GNU/Linux and FreeBSD support.
 
 Home page: http://www.cypherpunks.ru/govpn/
 
diff --git a/doc/govpn.texi b/doc/govpn.texi
index 3bdf72f..a7e32f1 100644
--- a/doc/govpn.texi
+++ b/doc/govpn.texi
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ Each client also has it's own identification key and server works with
 all of them independently. Identification key is not secret, but it is
 encrypted (obfuscated) during transmission.
 
+The only platform specific requirement is TAP network interface support.
+API to that kind of device is different, OS dependent and non portable.
+So only a few operating systems is officially supported. Author has no
+proprietary software to work with, so currently there is lack of either
+popular Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X support.
+
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
 Works with @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAP_(network_driver), TAP}