simplify encapsulation diagrams
by dropping the standard packet headers
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@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ can traverse firewalls.
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When the weave router forwards packets, the encapsulation looks
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something like this:
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+-----------------------------------+
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| IP headers |
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+-----------------------------------+
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| UDP headers |
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+-----------------------------------+
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| Name of sending peer |
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+-----------------------------------+
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@@ -72,12 +68,12 @@ something like this:
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| Frame N: Captured payload |
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+-----------------------------------+
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The standard IP and UDP headers are followed the name of the sending
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peer, which enables the receiving peer to identify who sent this UDP
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packet. Next come the meta data and payload for one or more captured
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frames. The router performs batching: if it captures several frames
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very quickly that all need forwarding to the same peer, it will fit as
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many of them as possible into a single UDP packet.
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The name of the sending peer enables the receiving peer to identify
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who sent this UDP packet. This is followed by the meta data and
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payload for one or more captured frames. The router performs batching:
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if it captures several frames very quickly that all need forwarding to
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the same peer, it will fit as many of them as possible into a single
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UDP packet.
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The meta data for each frame contains the names of the capturing and
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destination peers. Since the name of the capturing peer name is
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@@ -167,10 +163,6 @@ UDP connection carry captured traffic between peers. For a UDP packet
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sent between peers that are using crypto, the encapsulation looks as
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follows:
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+-----------------------------------+
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| IP headers |
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+-----------------------------------+
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| UDP headers |
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+-----------------------------------+
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| Name of sending peer |
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+-----------------------------------+
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