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diff --git a/net/tinc/DESCR b/net/tinc/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..422e73deee8 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/tinc/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +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 +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. +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. +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 + segment, allowing you to run applications and games that normally only work + on a LAN over the Internet. |