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REAME: add note about possible package drops 

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@ -125,3 +125,13 @@ different cloud providers) can lead to a split-brain scenario where each side th
There is currently no clean solution for this problem, but one could work around it by designating edge nodes which
periodically restart `wesher` with the `--join` option pointing to the other side.
Future versions might include the notion of a "static" node to more cleanly avoid this.
### Broken connections on join/leave
Currently `wesher` uses wireguard's management commands (`wg` and `wg-quick`) to talk to wireguard. The current
implementation is very naive and recreates the wireguard interface for every configuration change (e.g. nodes' joining
and leavning). Since wireguard's underlying traffic is essentially stateless, this does not directly impact TCP
connections on the overlay network. The connection should treat it as normal packet drops.
However, if your application is sensitive to ICMP errors (e.g. "no route to host"), or if you are using UDP, you might
experience connection resets and message loss, respectively.
This behavior will be improved in future versions.