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Tinc VPN

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tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet.

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • NL flagNetherlands
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • iPad
4 / 5 Avg rating (3)
25likes
2comments
0news articles

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Virtual LAN
  2.  AES-256 Encryption
  3.  Command line interface
  4.  End-to-End Encryption
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Decentralized
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  No Tracking
  9.  Support for IPv6
  10.  Encrypted VPN

 Tags

  • virtual-network
  • connect-2-pc
  • self-meshing-vpn
  • Tunneling

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Tinc VPN information

  • Developed by

    NL flagGuus Sliepen
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4
  • Alternatives

    48 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Tinc VPN, and it has gotten 25 likes

Tinc VPN was added to AlternativeTo by defza on Jun 7, 2010 and this page was last updated Feb 2, 2024. Tinc VPN is sometimes referred to as Tinc.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
marek22k
Feb 2, 2024
1

I like Tinc because it is the only self-meshing VPN that is truly decentralized, free software and very secure (from Tinc 1.1). It also has a port on Android and is used by ChaosVPN, among others.

Top Negative Comment
frankearl
Apr 14, 2016
-2

Development's glacial in pace of late. 1.1's not out yet, with 1.1pre11 NOT working correctly as described. Painful to set up regardless of version- and trying to do anything like they claim, meshed, will cause you to rip your hair out. I might revisit this at some point, but I'm here at alternativeTo looking for better answers.

What is Tinc VPN?

tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet.

In addition, tinc has the following features:

  • Encryption, authentication and compression All traffic is optionally compressed using zlib or LZO, and LibreSSL or OpenSSL is used to encrypt the traffic and protect it from alteration with message authentication codes and sequence numbers.
  • 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.
  • NAT traversal As long as one node in the VPN allows incoming connections on a public IP address (even if it is a dynamic IP address), tinc will be able to do NAT traversal, allowing direct communication between peers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Runs on many operating systems and supports IPv6 Currently Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, Solaris, Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 and 8 platforms are supported. See our section about supported platforms for more information about the state of the ports. tinc has also full support for IPv6, providing both the possibility of tunneling IPv6 traffic over its tunnels and of creating tunnels over existing IPv6 networks.

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