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Feature #9227

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Please include Tinc in base pfSense, as a standard way of configuring tunnels

Added by Răzvan Sandu over 5 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Tinc
Target version:
-
Start date:
12/27/2018
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

Tinc software ([[https://tinc-vpn.org/]]) is an excellent and easy way of configuring SSL tunnels to various other network equipments.

In summary, a Tinc-created mesh is perfectly equivalent to multiple OpenVPN tunnels, with benefits added: indeed, Tinc may be seen as "multipoint OpenVPN" or "OpenVPN mesh".

An optional Tinc package already exists for pfSense (in the official repository), although there is room for its improvement, to make its configuration more straightforward from the web interface.

I suggest Tinc is worth to be included in Base pfSense, directly in the VPN menu, along with other existing technologies for configuring tunnels, such as IPSec, PPTP, GRE or OpenVPN.

On GNU/Linux and other OSes, the Tinc package:

  • is already multi-platform (even on Windows, Android and various GNU/Linux widely-used distros)
  • has an extremely easy to use way of configuring, in common VPN scenarios such as multiple-branch companies that need mesh connectivity.

Best regards,
Răzvan

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