| n2n | |
|---|---|
| Developer | n2n team |
| Initial release | March 27, 2008 (2008-03-27) |
| Stable release | 3.01
/ 27 October 2021 (27 October 2021) |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | FreeBSD, Linux, OpenWrt, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows, Android |
| Type | VPN |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | https://www.ntop.org/products/n2n/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/ntop/n2n |
n2n is an open source Layer 2 over Layer 3 VPN app utilising peer-to-peer architecture for network membership and routing.
Unlike many other VPN programs, n2n can also connect computers which reside behind NAT routers.2 These connections are set up with help from a third computer that both computers can reach.3 This computer, called a supernode, can then route the information between NATed nodes.4
It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.3
n3n forked from n2n in 2023.5
Turbo VPN is a custom Windows server/client implementation of n2n.
References
References
- "3.0 Stable Release n2n 3.0 (October 2021)". 27 October 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- Deri, Luca; Andrews, Richard (2008). Hausheer, David; Schönwälder, Jürgen (eds.). "N2N: A Layer Two Peer-to-Peer VPN". Resilient Networks and Services. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer: 53–64. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-70587-1_5. ISBN 978-3-540-70587-1.
- "N2n". GitHub. 17 May 2022.
- "N2n". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-09-18. : "[the supernode] is basically a directory register and a packet router for those nodes that cannot talk directly"
- "First release of the new n3n project". GitHub. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-05-05.