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+/*
+GoVPN -- simple secure free software virtual private network daemon
+Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Sergey Matveev <stargrave@stargrave.org>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package govpn
+
+import (
+ "io"
+ "strings"
+
+ "github.com/pkg/errors"
+ "github.com/songgao/water"
+)
+
+func newTAPer(ifaceName *string) (io.ReadWriteCloser, error) {
+ if strings.HasPrefix(*ifaceName, interfaceTun) {
+ return nil, errors.Wrap(errUnsupportedInterface, *ifaceName)
+ }
+ output, err := water.NewTAP(*ifaceName)
+ return output, errors.Wrap(err, "water.NewTAP")
+}