VTUND(8)

NAME
    vtund - VTun(Virtual Tunnnel) daemon.

SYNOPSIS
vtund < -s > [ -f file ] [ -P port ]
vtund [ -f file ] [ -P port ] [ -L address ] [ -p ] [ -t timeout ] <host>
<server address>

DESCRIPTION
    VTun provides the method for creating Virtual Tunnels overTCP/IP
networks and allows to shape, compress, encrypt
    traffic in that tunnels.
    Supported type of tunnels are:
        PPP, SLIP and most of other serial protocols and programs
        Ethernet via Linux's EtherTap device.

    VTun is easily and highly configurable, it can be used for various
network task like VPN, Mobil IP, Shaped Internet
    access, IP address saving, etc.

    It is completely user space implementation and does not require
modification to any kernel parts.

OPTIONS
-f file
    Read config information from the file By default vtund uses
/etc/vtund.conf
Server mode:
  -s
    Run as the server.
  -P port
    Listen for connection on the specified port By  default vtund listens on
TCP port 5000. This
    options is equivalent to the 'port' option of config file.
Client mode:
  -P port
    Connect to the server on the specified port By default vtund connects to
TCP port 5000. This
    options is equivalent to the 'port' option of config file.
  -L address
    Use specified local address to connect to the server. Useful for the
hosts with several interfaces and
    addresses.
  -p
    Reconnect to the server after connection termination. By default vtund
will exit if connection has
    been terminated. This options is equivalent to the 'persist' option of
config file.
  -t timeout
    Connect timeout Default is 30 sec. This options is equvalent to the
'timeout' option of config file.
  host
    Host to authentificate with the server. Password and other information
of this host will be taken
    from the config file.
 server
    Address of the server to connect to. Either IP address or domain name
can be specified.

FILES
     /etc/vtund.conf
    Main configuration file with hosts and other infor mation. It specifies
authentification keys, speed
    of connections, options to pass to the programms, etc. Format of the
file completely described in
    example provided with distribution.

SIGNALS
    SIGHUP This signal causes vtund(server mode) to reread config file.

NOTES
     Currently VTun works under the Linux(x86, Alpha) but can be easily
ported to other Unices.

    Comments, ideas and if possible patches are always welcome.

AUTHORS
    VTun has been derived from VPPP package by Maxim Krasnyansky.

    Maxim Krasnyansky max_mk@yahoo.com
