Freelan - VPN Software
Freelan A generic VPN software, not a Web proxy service.
Freelan is a free, open-source, multi-platform, peer-to-peer VPN software that abstracts a LAN over the Internet It works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX
Whether you want to connect the computers of your family, play an old LAN-only game with your friends, or give a privileged access to your private network to your collaborators, freelan will do the job perfectly
Why would you trust a closed, proprietary software with your most-sensitive data ? Freelan is open-source and completely free You know everything about its internals and its source-code You are in complete control of the software and your data You, and nobody else
*Freelan is free software, released under the GPLv3 license. By "free", we both mean free as in "free beer" and free as in "freedom". You will never pay a dime to download, use or update the software: everything comes for free, forever. Open source multi-platform peer to peer VPN software that can be configured in multiple ways to provide private browsing. Freelan can, of course, be configured to a.
Freelan allows you to create any kind of network topology you like: from the classical clients-server schema, to the completely crazy hybrid peer-to-peer decentralized graph
You decide Freelan does it
Freelan was designed from the start with security as the main concern
It uses only standard, well-established cryptographic algorithms and makes sure that your communications are completely opaque to the outside world
Freelan is written in robust, low-level C and C++ code It has been thoroughly tested for both stability and performance
It runs transparently as a service in the background: you just have to install it, configure it, and you can simply forget about it
Freelan is designed as several distinct C++ multi-platform libraries, maintained separately and available for free under the GPL license
Whether you want to create a graphical user interface for it or embed it into your own product, everything is possible ! Oh, and you will have support from the community as well ! Go to the developers resources Freelan can, of course, be configured to act according to the usual client-server pattern, like any other VPN software
In this configuration, one or several clients connect to the server, which may or may not allow clients to communicate with one another The server does not necessarily need to be part of the network and can even act as a simple relay
The client-server pattern is nice, but it is also a bit fragile What happens to your connectivity if the server falls for some reason ? For more robust networks, freelan can be configured as a peer-to-peer network, where each node can connect directly to all the others This configuration also brings better performances since traffic between two nodes doesn't need to go through a third node anymore
What if you would like to mix the benefits of both the client-server and peer-to-peer patterns ? Freelan actually allows for all kinds of connectivity graphs Some hosts can be connected to some others, but not all of them You are free to pick the topology you desire, even an hybrid one
Need 3 servers and peer-to-peer connection between hosts ? Just go ahead !
Freelan is a generic VPN software, not a Web proxy service
It is important to understand the difference: while freelan can indeed be used to create a service like VPN Tunnel, it is not a service But have no fear: if your goal is to surf anonymously on the Internet, and you want to use freelan for that, you will get help from the community to set it up
Just keep in mind that freelan has a broader purpose and can be used for much more than just anonymous surfing You can, for instance:
Freelan is free software, released under the GPLv3 license By "free", we both mean free as in "free beer" and free as in "freedom" You will never pay a dime to download, use or update the software: everything comes for free, forever
You can easily access the source code and make sure what happens to your data We believe this is paramount when dealing with security software: if the source-code is closed to your eyes, how can you be sure that it does what it claims ? How can you be sure it contains no security flaws ? Being free software means you can use freelan's code in your own free project to create awesome stuff ! Do whatever you want, and share it with others in turn !
