From 24337164069362132373376191aa3643124dfa38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Alexander Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:34:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1c24570..bbac211 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,3 +29,15 @@ that are far away, as you may end up carrying traffic for the rest of the network. For normal usage, you probably only need 2 or 3 peers. + +### TLS peers + +As of Yggdrasil v0.3.11, peering connections over TLS are now possible. This hides +the peering connection inside a regular TLS session, which can help in some cases +where firewalls or deep packet inspection may identify or block regular Yggdrasil +peering traffic. + +TLS public peers are identified by the prefix `tls://` instead of `tcp://`. + +Note that, due to the additional layer of encryption, performance via TLS peers +may be slightly worse than via regular `tcp://` peers.