From adbaca889deca2f635a3e7bfada9d074f44cd53b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergey Matveev Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:15:29 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Remark about proprietary OS Signed-off-by: Sergey Matveev --- README | 10 ++++++---- doc/govpn.texi | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) 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} -- 2.44.0