From f317b4106e511fad101f093b9df8cd16289e6b35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Poessinger Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 20:25:28 +0100 Subject: tunnel: fix to 80 character line breaks --- docs/interfaces/tunnel.rst | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/interfaces/tunnel.rst') diff --git a/docs/interfaces/tunnel.rst b/docs/interfaces/tunnel.rst index 54e9c1c1..f7f14aec 100644 --- a/docs/interfaces/tunnel.rst +++ b/docs/interfaces/tunnel.rst @@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ Tunnel Interfaces This article touches on 'classic' IP tunneling protocols. -GRE is often seen as a one size fits all solution when it comes to classic IP tunneling protocols, and for a good reason. -However, there are more specialized options, and many of them are supported by VyOS. There are also rather obscure GRE options that can be useful. +GRE is often seen as a one size fits all solution when it comes to classic IP +tunneling protocols, and for a good reason. However, there are more specialized +options, and many of them are supported by VyOS. There are also rather obscure +GRE options that can be useful. -All those protocols are grouped under 'interfaces tunnel' in VyOS. Let's take a closer look at the protocols and options currently supported by VyOS. +All those protocols are grouped under ``interfaces tunnel`` in VyOS. Let's take +a closer look at the protocols and options currently supported by VyOS. IPIP ---- This is one of the simplest types of tunnels, as defined by :rfc:`2003`. -It takes an IPv4 packet and sends it as a payload of another IPv4 packet. For this reason, there are no other configuration options for this kind of tunnel. +It takes an IPv4 packet and sends it as a payload of another IPv4 packet. For +this reason, there are no other configuration options for this kind of tunnel. An example: @@ -28,7 +32,9 @@ An example: IP6IP6 ------ -This is the IPv6 counterpart of IPIP. I'm not aware of an RFC that defines this encapsulation specifically, but it's a natural specific case of IPv6 encapsulation mechanisms described in :rfc:2473`. +This is the IPv6 counterpart of IPIP. I'm not aware of an RFC that defines this +encapsulation specifically, but it's a natural specific case of IPv6 +encapsulation mechanisms described in :rfc:2473`. It's not likely that anyone will need it any time soon, but it does exist. @@ -44,7 +50,8 @@ An example: IPIP6 ----- -In the future this is expected to be a very useful protocol (though there are `other proposals`_). +In the future this is expected to be a very useful protocol (though there are +`other proposals`_). As the name implies, it's IPv4 encapsulated in IPv6, as simple as that. @@ -60,11 +67,15 @@ An example: 6in4 (SIT) ---------- - -6in4 uses tunneling to encapsulate IPv6 traffic over IPv4 links as defined in :rfc:`4213`. -The 6in4 traffic is sent over IPv4 inside IPv4 packets whose IP headers have the IP protocol number set to 41. -This protocol number is specifically designated for IPv6 encapsulation, the IPv4 packet header is immediately followed by the IPv6 packet being carried. -The encapsulation overhead is the size of the IPv4 header of 20 bytes, therefore with an MTU of 1500 bytes, IPv6 packets of 1480 bytes can be sent without fragmentation. This tunneling technique is frequently used by IPv6 tunnel brokers like `Hurricane Electric`_. +6in4 uses tunneling to encapsulate IPv6 traffic over IPv4 links as defined in +:rfc:`4213`. The 6in4 traffic is sent over IPv4 inside IPv4 packets whose IP +headers have the IP protocol number set to 41. This protocol number is +specifically designated for IPv6 encapsulation, the IPv4 packet header is +immediately followed by the IPv6 packet being carried. The encapsulation +overhead is the size of the IPv4 header of 20 bytes, therefore with an MTU of +1500 bytes, IPv6 packets of 1480 bytes can be sent without fragmentation. This +tunneling technique is frequently used by IPv6 tunnel brokers like `Hurricane +Electric`_. An example: @@ -80,19 +91,20 @@ A full example of a Tunnelbroker.net config can be found at :ref:`here