From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: matthias@urlichs.de Received: from krantz.zx2c4.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by krantz.zx2c4.com (ZX2C4 Mail Server) with ESMTP id cb4c4401 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:35:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from netz.smurf.noris.de (netz.smurf.noris.de [213.95.21.43]) by krantz.zx2c4.com (ZX2C4 Mail Server) with ESMTP id 2c29e333 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:35:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [2001:780:107:0:1278:d2ff:fea3:d4a6] by netz.extern.smurf.noris.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eFzaS-0005Bn-PT for wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:38:58 +0000 Subject: Re: Roaming Mischief To: wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com References: <593d6d3a-550e-a14d-4c1d-f7ee8e731d87@gmail.com> From: Matthias Urlichs Message-ID: <4cd6a9b8-b317-3fdb-d758-08a546bc5acf@urlichs.de> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 10:38:55 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-Id: Development discussion of WireGuard List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 17.11.2017 19:46, Markus Woschank wrote: > After some more thoughts, in the scenario that you are describing, > where does persisting the state on the roaming peer help? > The roaming peer has the fixed peer's address in his configuration > (his IP does not change), and the remote side did not suspend. > Am I missing something here? Simple example: a mobile IP phone. Rebooting your telephony server causes you to drop the connection to the client until _it_ next issues a call. However, if you persist the phone's address, you don't lose incoming service. -- -- Matthias Urlichs