n2n

n2n
n2n
Developer(s) n2n team
Initial release March 27, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-03-27)
Written in C
Operating system FreeBSD, Linux, OpenWrt, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows
Type VPN
License GNU General Public License
Website ntop.org/products/n2n
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n2n is an open source Layer 2 over Layer 3 VPN application which utilises a peer-to-peer architecture for network membership and routing.

Contrary to many other VPN programs, n2n can also connect computers which reside behind NAT routers. These connections are set up with help from a third computer that both computers can reach. This computer, called a supernode, can then route the information between NATed nodes[1].

It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.

References

  1. ^ http://www.ntop.org/products/n2n/ : "[the supernode] is basically a directory register and a packet router for those nodes that cannot talk directly"

External links

v · d · eVirtual private networking
Software (closed source)
Software (open source)
n2n · Openswan · OpenVPN · Social VPN · strongSwan · tcpcrypt · tinc (protocol) · Cloudvpn
Mechanisms
SSTP · IPsec · L2TP · L2TPv3 · PPTP · Split tunneling · SSL/TLS · (Opportunistic : tcpcrypt)
Vendor-driven


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