n2n is an open source Layer 2 over Layer 3 VPN app utilising peer-to-peer architecture for network membership and routing.
| Developer(s) | n2n team |
|---|---|
| Initial release | March 27, 2008 |
| Stable release | 3.0[1]
/ 27 October 2021 |
| Repository | https://github.com/ntop/n2n |
| 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/ |
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
edit- ^ "3.0 Stable Release n2n 3.0 (October 2021)". 27 October 2021. Retrieved 17 April 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"
- ^ "N2n". GitHub. 17 May 2022.
- ^ "First release of the new n3n project". GitHub. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
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