simplify encapsulation diagrams

by dropping the standard packet headers
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Matthias Radestock committed 2014-12-12 17:44:23 +00:00
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@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ can traverse firewalls.
When the weave router forwards packets, the encapsulation looks
something like this:
+-----------------------------------+
| IP headers |
+-----------------------------------+
| UDP headers |
+-----------------------------------+
| Name of sending peer |
+-----------------------------------+
@@ -72,12 +68,12 @@ something like this:
| Frame N: Captured payload |
+-----------------------------------+
The standard IP and UDP headers are followed the name of the sending
peer, which enables the receiving peer to identify who sent this UDP
packet. Next come the meta data and payload for one or more captured
frames. The router performs batching: if it captures several frames
very quickly that all need forwarding to the same peer, it will fit as
many of them as possible into a single UDP packet.
The name of the sending peer enables the receiving peer to identify
who sent this UDP packet. This is followed by the meta data and
payload for one or more captured frames. The router performs batching:
if it captures several frames very quickly that all need forwarding to
the same peer, it will fit as many of them as possible into a single
UDP packet.
The meta data for each frame contains the names of the capturing and
destination peers. Since the name of the capturing peer name is
@@ -167,10 +163,6 @@ UDP connection carry captured traffic between peers. For a UDP packet
sent between peers that are using crypto, the encapsulation looks as
follows:
+-----------------------------------+
| IP headers |
+-----------------------------------+
| UDP headers |
+-----------------------------------+
| Name of sending peer |
+-----------------------------------+