From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A6BC35DF1 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:47:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from krantz.zx2c4.com (krantz.zx2c4.com [192.95.5.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C32A2072D for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:47:19 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="YQ8g+A28" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 2C32A2072D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=wireguard-bounces@lists.zx2c4.com Received: from krantz.zx2c4.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by krantz.zx2c4.com (ZX2C4 Mail Server) with ESMTP id 63966eab; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:43:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from krantz.zx2c4.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by krantz.zx2c4.com (ZX2C4 Mail Server) with ESMTP id 3c941be0 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt1-x82e.google.com (mail-qt1-x82e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::82e]) by krantz.zx2c4.com (ZX2C4 Mail Server) with ESMTP id 25f6df72 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt1-x82e.google.com with SMTP id w47so5869447qtk.4 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:21:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=SXlI1mQGCfnkTzUr4YLbhtc5ZOEK9hM7CQFuruDgUOE=; b=YQ8g+A28H9H98G412S7hXn4v8EJBYZ3+ZYRK/6xCs/VFXOFUz4CDUfXcuhJ5RhK7MT 1/L9O81hirS3upG4dUZsK9ee9d5KE5A+TnNH0G0EizlrneSKLwgiLDrPJgY+IQGNvJzf 9nnZNi/FWhRDxgcZ2hOzMNj0CdXwXSrhnix0D5sKKJnDWxq+2jcRiSKGupmNiwqyOfaE TI7EwdXpaIiR4OOnu2GnFQ9DDRWTKu6EbLG8a3AEYBBYjfmqPT80HOO2Ay0iAcRlrgW9 Ei4kR+ing5G+xY3c0fT1734IKj6ngfFyoNdhlvFFGiBpAb4/h3MAyfpHID4sW8q/jt2e qngQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=SXlI1mQGCfnkTzUr4YLbhtc5ZOEK9hM7CQFuruDgUOE=; b=j/YCFWVQvdBpNAEFd/dmvL0SgTNOUsvBrwhOXCwNticUaN4tv7TQYCs/4xXQ3otXsI Y0dotxi4M6M/LHmgfZz9VMlGrJqHo73dmlz65WIXSRVfXhX1nssHcYZvhS90yKuE8yOK vLba6+4oRRoaBJ8KzZ3vLbLWss0L9qMJ2dLFR6BsASGtcnJ6up2905mAFNYZJV1MT7dT fxJmT7/Yk+VnOkan4+bW3iYOg+RPwDPfYnJDReyZQxMTPvc1x6chXM2tsHYZOWH0O2F6 KLsS0EpETLJBjtrgP/qsOFpT/EMh7p4Kv1Ii7+VWCkp7AbNqIPJ5ZWFoa9H6JMwek4Lp qNOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU+taCQsnjTDiZLw+fat/oM67jiERD5TwEHA/Ud7czCT3+vnzBc 1Rk/fm2nlj/Jsq2G0WlZSfx2tn8cqRgl10bKlMktsAXh X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzdqJLz8e22FAYAO+jN3RjcwVJFmbvNgllLT9hV1jn4pewnN7xu7DuH1fXr24EkC8xh1fKCRRMJLK7aTPqFKcQ= X-Received: by 2002:aed:34c1:: with SMTP id x59mr46897043qtd.236.1582525289068; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:21:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: John Smith Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:21:18 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: [feature request] Randomize PersistentKeepalive To: wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 01:43:43 +0100 X-BeenThere: wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Development discussion of WireGuard List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6678275601141875062==" Errors-To: wireguard-bounces@lists.zx2c4.com Sender: "WireGuard" --===============6678275601141875062== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b3fc2b059f4c61e1" --000000000000b3fc2b059f4c61e1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" There are some applications where you do not want a listener to know that a channel is being kept alive and no information is being transmitted. Perhaps the ideal solution would be to add an option to the wg tool to send a keepalive packet, preferably of arbitrary size within some range. A script could then be used to keep the channel alive in a manner. Would be cleaner than sending something else through that may require further action by the peer. --000000000000b3fc2b059f4c61e1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
There are some applications where you do not want a listen= er to know that a channel is being kept alive and no information is being t= ransmitted.

Perhaps the ideal solution would be to add a= n option to the wg tool to send a keepalive packet, preferably of arbitrary= size within some range. A script could then be used to keep the channel al= ive in a manner. Would be cleaner than sending something else through that = may require further action by the peer.
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