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| author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-05-23 08:26:03 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-05-23 08:26:03 +0000 |
| commit | f795c2e4750a21c358eb4eba83184326b68adce0 (patch) | |
| tree | a88b53a484071e09249ef5ae57e9f69b5ffb0a67 /net/tinc | |
| parent | c7051d394905450b08f91eb4b95f8961b2af4385 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-f795c2e4750a21c358eb4eba83184326b68adce0.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/net/tinc/DESCR b/net/tinc/DESCR index 422e73deee8..3ad750b08f5 100644 --- a/net/tinc/DESCR +++ b/net/tinc/DESCR @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ -tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and +tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet. -Because the VPN appears to the IP level network code as a normal network -device, there is no need to adapt any existing software. This allows VPN +Because the VPN appears to the IP level network code as a normal network +device, there is no need to adapt any existing software. This allows VPN sites to share information with each other over the Internet without exposing any information to others. In addition, tinc has the following features: o Encryption, authentication and compression All traffic is optionally compressed using zlib or LZO, and OpenSSL is used to encrypt the traffic and protect it from alteration with message - authentication codes and sequence numbers. + authentication codes and sequence numbers. o Automatic full mesh routing Regardless of how you set up the tinc daemons to connect to each other, VPN traffic is always (if possible) sent directly to the - destination, without going through intermediate hops. + destination, without going through intermediate hops. o Easily expand your VPN When you want to add nodes to your VPN, all you have to do is add an extra configuration file, there is no need to start new daemons or create and configure new devices or network interfaces. o Ability to bridge ethernet segments - You can link multiple ethernet segments together to work like a single + You can link multiple ethernet segments together to work like a single segment, allowing you to run applications and games that normally only work - on a LAN over the Internet. + on a LAN over the Internet. |