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Section: Unix

 

Added: Mon, Mar 25th 2002 01:38 UTC (6 years, 6 months ago) Updated: Tue, May 22nd 2007 01:37 UTC (1 year, 4 months ago)


About:
OpenVPN is a robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) daemon which can be used to securely link two or more private networks using an encrypted tunnel over the Internet. OpenVPN's principal strengths include wide cross-platform portability, excellent stability, support for dynamic IP addresses and NAT, adaptive link compression, single TCP/UDP port usage, a modular design that offloads most crypto tasks to the OpenSSL library, and relatively easy installation that in most cases doesn't require a special kernel module.

Author:
James Yonan [contact developer]

Rating:
8.72/10.00 (28 votes)

Homepage:
http://openvpn.net/
Tar/GZ:
http://openvpn.net/download.html
Zip:
http://openvpn.net/download.html
Changelog:
http://openvpn.net/changelog.html

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status]  5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]  No Input/Output (Daemon)
[Intended Audience]  End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]  OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]  MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD, POSIX :: BSD :: NetBSD, POSIX :: BSD :: OpenBSD, POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris
[Programming Language]  C
[Topic]  Security :: Cryptography, System :: Networking :: Firewalls

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 
Project admins: [change]
» James Yonan (Owner)

» Rating: 8.72/10.00 (Rank 118)
» Vitality: 0.02% (Rank 3394)
» Popularity: 10.96% (Rank 187)

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   Subscribers: 349

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[»] great multi-platform vpn solution
by David Moylan - Nov 20th 2006 04:16:00

I've been using OpenVPN for years now, and it's proven to be a solid and reliable solution, not only for use with Linux, but also with Windows as well.

I commonly setup a Linux based OpenVPN server and deploy Windows clients.

Very easy to use and can be NATted easily, not like with IPSEC.

I can also highly recommend the graphical front end for windows (OpenVPN GUI for Windows) which is also packaged as a complete installer including OpenVPN. It's available from http://openvpn.se/

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[»] Excellent Software
by MysteryMetal - Aug 21st 2005 22:22:01

I've setup many VPNs in a variety of environments using OpenVPN over the past year. Most of the VPNs provide tunnels between heterogeneous operating systems and are used 24/7. Thus far, I have not encountered a single unstable installation. Compared to the IPSec firewalls that I have installed in the past, the OpenVPN installations are intuitive, require a fraction of the time, and function properly the first time that they are brought online. I highly recommend OpenVPN over ANY other product that I have used or considered to date.

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[»] Great stuff!
by Charles Duffy - Aug 28th 2003 14:20:53

An excellent piece of software -- much less intrusive than ipsec (and easier to tunnel, and more amenable to running inside a UML instance); highly configurable; quite robust (though I haven't deployed it to the field yet, but all testing has gone well thus far). Additionally, the Windows port is remarkably stable for being in its first-ever beta cycle.

Kudos to the author.

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