P2P VPN

rysiek rysiek at hackerspace.pl
Sun Jan 5 11:04:16 PST 2014


Dnia czwartek, 26 grudnia 2013 16:05:01 Matej Kovacic pisze:
> Hi,
> 
> this might be of interest to you:
> https://code.google.com/p/badvpn/
> 
> Peer-to-peer VPN
> 
> The VPN part of this project implements a Layer 2 (Ethernet) network
> between the peers (VPN nodes). The peers connect to a central server
> which acts as a chat server for them to establish direct connections
> between each other (data connections). These connections are used for
> transferring network data (Ethernet frames), and can be secured with a
> multitude of mechanisms. Notable features are:
> 
>     * UDP and TCP transport
>     * Converges very quickly after a new peer joins
>     * IGMP snooping to deliver multicasts efficiently (e.g. for IPTV)
>     * Double SSL: if SSL is enabled, not only do peers connect to the
> server with SSL, but they use an additional layer of SSL when exchanging
> messages through the server
>     * Features related to the NAT problem:
>          1. Can work with multiple layers of NAT (needs configuration)
>          2. Local peers inside a NAT can communicate directly
>          3. Relaying as a fallback (needs configuration)
> 
> More info here:
> https://code.google.com/p/badvpn/wiki/badvpn

Very interesting project indeed!

> P. S. It would be nice to see this with easy to use GUI and prepacked
> binaries for all "main" systems...

It would also be nice to see this hosted somewhere outside Google...

-- 
Pozdr
rysiek
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