From 60b4a1028dfea233d738b783043134769808b155 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Maurer <f.maurer@outlook.de> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 07:31:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs gluon-tls: add documentation about gluon-tls feature --- docs/features/tls.rst | 10 ++++++++++ docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2023.2.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/features/tls.rst diff --git a/docs/features/tls.rst b/docs/features/tls.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1c199091a --- /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 d7bead47a..1d0774e2f 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 3d5969d98..d34ad45b6 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 ------------- -- GitLab