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Re:SigmaVPN: Stateless OpenVPN Replacement Using NaCl Encryp... by uuid_to_string on Thursday April 17, 2014 @12:33AM (#7602003)
What do you use for things that matter?

Do you have something else to create L2 overlays that is more secure?

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Re:SigmaVPN: Stateless OpenVPN Replacement Using NaCl Encryp... by stormbrew on Thursday April 17, 2014 @12:34AM (#7602009)
Unfortunately, openvpn. :/
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Re:SigmaVPN: Stateless OpenVPN Replacement Using NaCl Encryp... by uuid_to_string on Thursday April 17, 2014 @01:01AM (#7602064)
As you know, OpenVPN cannot do what n2n can do.

Someone has to run an OpenVPN server. Everyone on the network has to trust that server.

And connections between network participants are not peer to peer.

With OpenVPN and most other VPN's, if I'm not mistaken, each person's traffic passes through a central point: some VPN server/appliance.

This is a major difference and has its own set of security implications.

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