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tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and
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encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet.
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Because the VPN appears to the IP level network code as a normal network
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device, there is no need to adapt any existing software. This allows VPN
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sites to share information with each other over the Internet without exposing
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any information to others. In addition, tinc has the following features:
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o Encryption, authentication and compression
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All traffic is optionally compressed using zlib or LZO, and OpenSSL is
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used to encrypt the traffic and protect it from alteration with message
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authentication codes and sequence numbers.
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o Automatic full mesh routing
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Regardless of how you set up the tinc daemons to connect to each
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other, VPN traffic is always (if possible) sent directly to the
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destination, without going through intermediate hops.
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o Easily expand your VPN
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When you want to add nodes to your VPN, all you have to do is add an extra
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configuration file, there is no need to start new daemons or create and
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configure new devices or network interfaces.
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o Ability to bridge ethernet segments
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You can link multiple ethernet segments together to work like a single
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segment, allowing you to run applications and games that normally only work
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on a LAN over the Internet.
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