On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 09:34:18 -0700 Jehan Tremback <[email protected]> wrote:
> Let me be more specific about my application. I'm trying to create a > system where routers in a "mesh" network (mixed ad-hoc wifi and > ethernet) pay their neighbors, or are paid by their neighbors for > bandwidth. To make this happen, I've got to be able to identify > traffic from specific neighbors with something less spoofable than MAC > addresses. Creating tunnels between neighbors fits the bill for now, > and gives me a good handle to apply traffic shaping to different > neighbors. The encapsulating tunnel packet will have the source IP > address of the previous hop neighbor, and will be sent to the next > hop neighbor, and can be prioritized . Authentication keeps anyone > from spoofing addresses and stealing bandwidth. So... now everybody can spy on each other's traffic instead of also spoofing it. That doesn't seem like a huge improvement to me. _______________________________________________ WireGuard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/wireguard
