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https://github.com/dswd/vpncloud
Peer-to-peer VPN
https://github.com/dswd/vpncloud
mesh p2p rust vpn
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Peer-to-peer VPN
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/dswd/vpncloud
- Owner: dswd
- License: other
- Created: 2015-11-23T18:17:01.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-21T13:16:02.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-12T03:04:21.479Z (10 days ago)
- Topics: mesh, p2p, rust, vpn
- Language: Rust
- Homepage: https://vpncloud.ddswd.de
- Size: 1.57 MB
- Stars: 1,825
- Watchers: 47
- Forks: 159
- Open Issues: 28
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
VpnCloud - Peer-to-Peer VPN
---------------------------
**VpnCloud** is a high performance peer-to-peer mesh VPN over UDP supporting strong encryption, NAT traversal and a simple configuration. It establishes a fully-meshed self-healing VPN network in a peer-to-peer manner with strong end-to-end encryption based on elliptic curve keys and AES-256. VpnCloud creates a virtual network interface on the host and forwards all received data via UDP to the destination. It can work on TUN devices (IP based) and TAP devices (Ethernet based).
```sh
$> vpncloud -c REMOTE_HOST:PORT -p 'mypassword' --ip 10.0.0.1/24
```
or as config file:
```yaml
crypto:
password: mysecret
ip: 10.0.0.1
peers:
- REMOTE_HOST:PORT
```
For more information, please see the [Website](https://vpncloud.ddswd.de) or the [Discussions group](https://github.com/dswd/vpncloud/discussions).
### Project Status
This project is still [under development](CHANGELOG.md) but has reached a
somewhat stable state. VpnCloud features the following functionality:
* Automatic peer-to-peer meshing, no central servers
* Automatic reconnecting when connections are lost
* Connecting hundreds of nodes with the VPN
* High throughput and low additional latency (see [performance page](https://vpncloud.ddswd.de/features/performance))
* Creating virtual network interfaces based on Ethernet (TAP) and IP (TUN)
* Strong end-to-end encryption using Curve25519 key pairs and AES methods
* Support for different forwarding/routing behaviors (Hub, Switch, Router)
* NAT and firewall traversal using hole punching
* Automatic port forwarding via UPnP
* Websocket proxy mode for restrictive environments
* Support for tunneled VLans (TAP devices)
* Support for publishing [beacons](https://vpncloud.ddswd.de/docs/beacons) to help nodes find each others
* Support for statsd monitoring
* Low memory footprint
* Single binary, no dependencies, no kernel module
### Installing
#### Compiling from source
Prerequisites: Git, [Cargo](https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html), asciidoctor
The checked-out code can be compiled with ``cargo build`` or ``cargo build --release`` (release version). The binary could then be found in `target/release/vpncloud`.
The tests can be run via ``cargo test``.
#### Cross-Compiling & packaging
Please see the [builder folder](builder).
### Contributions welcome
There are several areas in which still some work has to be done and where
contributions are very welcome:
* **Linux packages**: VpnCloud is stable enough to be packaged for Linux
distributions. Maintainers who want to package VpnCloud are very welcome.
* **Help with other platforms**: If you are a Rust developer with experience
on Windows or MacOS your help on porting VpnCloud to those platforms is very
welcome.
* **Security review**: The security has been implemented with strong security
primitives but it would be great if a cryptography expert could verify the
system.
* **Feedback on use cases**: Some feedback on how VpnCloud is being used and
maybe some tutorials covering common use cases would be nice.
### Semantic Versioning
This project uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org).