Tinc (protocol)
Tinc is an open-source, self-routing, mesh networking protocol and software implementation used for compressed and encrypted virtual private networks. It was started in 1998 by Guus Sliepen, Ivo Timmermans, and Wessel Dankers, and released as a GPL-licensed project.
| Original author(s) | Guus Sliepen, Ivo Timmermans, Wessel Dankers |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | The Tinc development team |
| Initial release | 14 November 1998 |
| Stable release | 1.0.36
/ 26 August 2019[1] |
| Preview release | 1.1pre17
/ 8 October 2018[2] |
| Repository |  |
| Written in | C |
| Platform | Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, iOS, Android[3] |
| Type | VPN |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www |
Platforms
Tinc is available on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, iOS, Android with full support for IPv6.[4]
Future goals
The authors of Tinc have goals of providing a platform that is secure, stable, reliable, scalable, easily configurable, and flexible.[4]
Embedded technologies
Tinc uses OpenSSL or LibreSSL as the encryption library and gives the options of compressing communications with zlib for "best compression" or LZO for "fast compression".[4]
Projects that use tinc
- Freifunk has tinc enabled in their routers as of October 2006.[5]
- OpenWrt has an installable package for tinc.
- OPNsense, an open source router and firewall distribution, has a plugin for Tinc
- pfSense has an installable package in the 2.3 release.
- Tomato has tinc support included in the Shibby mod.
- NYC Mesh use tinc to encrypt traffic around their mesh network[6]
See also
- stunnel, encrypts any TCP connection (single port service) over SSL
- OpenVPN, an open source SSL VPN solution
- VTUN, an open source SSL VPN solution that can bridge Ethernet
- IPv6
- Social VPN Tinc is a social VPN
References
- Sliepen, Guus (26 August 2019). "Tinc version 1.0.36 released". tinc (Mailing list). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- Sliepen, Guus (8 October 2018). "Tinc version 1.0.35 and 1.1pre17 released". tinc (Mailing list). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- "Tinc supported platforms". 22 Aug 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Tinc main page". 4 Nov 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2007-03-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Frequently asked questions". nycmesh.net. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
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