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n2n

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n2n
Developer(s)n2n team
Initial releaseMarch 27, 2008 (2008-03-27)
Stable release
3.0[1] / 27 October 2021; 3 years ago (27 October 2021)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ntop/n2n
Written inC
Operating systemFreeBSD, Linux, OpenWrt, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows, Android
TypeVPN
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitehttps://www.ntop.org/products/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. These connections are set up with help from a third computer that both computers can reach. This computer, called a supernode, can then route the information between NATed nodes.[2]

It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.[3]

n3n forked from n2n in 2023.[4]

Turbo VPN is a custom Windows server/client implementation of n2n.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "3.0 Stable Release n2n 3.0 (October 2021)". 27 October 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ "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"
  3. ^ "N2n". GitHub. 17 May 2022.
  4. ^ "First release of the new n3n project". GitHub. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-05-05.