- Tinc (protocol)
tinc is a self-routing,
mesh networking protocol, used for compressed,encrypted ,virtual private networks . It was started in1998 byGuus Sliepen ,Ivo Timmermans , andRobert van der Meulen , and released as aGPL -licensed project. It remains active as ofJune 2007 (version 1.08).Supported network transports
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IPv4
*IPv6
* VirtualizedEthernet (viaTUN/TAP driver)Embedded techologies
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OpenSSL (encryption library)
*zlib ("best compression")
*LZO ("fast compression")Projects that use tinc
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Freifunk : tinc was enabled in their routers as ofOctober 2006 [http://www.the-mesh.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=39] .
*OpenWRT has an installable package for tinc.External links
* [http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ Homepage]
* [http://mia.ece.uic.edu/~papers/volans/tincd2.html Project VOLANS] : project page using tinc as the VPN protocol.
* [http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/tinc_mini_howto.html "Quick & Dirty TINC setup"]
* [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_a_VPN_with_tinc Gentoo Linux tinc setup]
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