From 2a1316553c4ed2b874f0677576f42db75cda918f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Radestock Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:44:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] simplify encapsulation diagrams by dropping the standard packet headers --- site/how-it-works.md | 20 ++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/how-it-works.md b/site/how-it-works.md index 29f585cb..535f7a75 100644 --- a/site/how-it-works.md +++ b/site/how-it-works.md @@ -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 | +-----------------------------------+