diff --git a/docs/features/tls.rst b/docs/features/tls.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c199091af6ee19496e9a869286b673af930d72e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/features/tls.rst @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +TLS support +=========== + +The generic TLS implementation which is currently used by OpenWRT can be installed or added as dependency through the package ``gluon-tls``. +This removes the need for community packages to depend on a specific TLS implementation (like mbedtls, OpenSSL or WolfSSL). + +This package is a placeholder for the current TLS implementation used. +To allow for easy usage of communicating through HTTPS from the node, typical Certificate Authorities (CAs) are included through the package ``ca-bundle`` . + +* Starting with OpenWRT 23.05, mbedtls is the default TLS layer - this is reflected in Gluon :ref:`v2023.2 <releases-v2023.2-minor-changes>`. HTTPS is used by default to communicate with OpenWRT opkg servers. diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index d7bead47a2ab72999a39d74a56749a09212df136..1d0774e2fcb30da7e5231e4a9775a9c762455b84 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Fre features/wlan-configuration features/private-wlan features/wired-mesh + features/tls features/dns-cache features/monitoring features/multidomain diff --git a/docs/releases/v2023.2.rst b/docs/releases/v2023.2.rst index 3d5969d98064694b695046c35f32262e719202ff..d34ad45b659be7c3b5d8b5ac44d8012756105ff0 100644 --- a/docs/releases/v2023.2.rst +++ b/docs/releases/v2023.2.rst @@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ Major changes This release is based on the newest OpenWrt 23.05 release branch. It ships with Linux kernel 5.15.y, wireless-backports 6.1.24 and batman-adv 2023.1. +.. _releases-v2023.2-minor-changes: Minor changes -------------