News
Jan 5th 2007
Version 1.0.7 released.
* Fixed a bug that caused slow network speeds on Windows.
* Fixed a bug that caused tinc unable to write packets to the tun device on OpenBSD.
Dec 18th 2006
Version 1.0.6 released.
* More flexible detection of the LZO libraries when compiling.
* Fixed a bug where broadcasts in switch and hub modes sometimes would not work anymore when part of the VPN had become disconnected from the rest.
Nov 14th 2006
Version 1.0.5 released.
* Lots of small fixes.
* Broadcast packets no longer grow in size with each hop. This should fix switch mode (again).
* Generic host-up and host-down scripts.
* Optionally dump graph in graphviz format to a file or a script.
* Support LZO 2.0 and later.
in PR 30378.
version 1.0.4 May 4 2005
* Fix switch and hub modes.
* Optionally start scripts when a Subnet becomes (un)reachable.
version 1.0.3 Nov 11 2004
* Show error message when failing to write a PID file.
* Ignore spaces at end of lines in config files.
* Fix handling of late packets.
* Unify BSD tun/tap device handling. This allows IPv6 on tun devices and
anything on tap devices as long as the underlying OS supports it.
* Handle IPv6 on Solaris tun devices.
* Allow tinc to work properly under Windows XP SP2.
* Allow VLAN tagged Ethernet frames in switch and hub mode.
* Experimental PMTUDiscovery, TunnelServer and BlockingTCP options.
version 1.0.2 Nov 8 2003
* Fix address and hostname resolving under Windows.
* Remove warnings about non-existing scripts and unsupported address families.
* Use the event logger under Windows.
* Fix quoting of filenames and command line arguments under Windows.
* Strict checks for length incoming network packets and return values of
cryptographic functions,
* Fix a bug in metadata handling that made the tinc daemon abort.
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.
