Talk:TUN/TAP

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Who is doing development for windows TUN/TAP drivers?

Is there a reference for coLinux being used as a VPN (i.e. it implements functionality similar to OpenVPN)? I don't know anything about it, but the coLinux article does not mention "VPN," and http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acolinux.org+vpn seems to only indicate that VPNs can interfere with Windows networking. —Fleminra 19:30, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I think you're misunderstanding. coLinux uses TUN/TAP as one possible means of networking a virtualized linux machine onto a hardware network. It's not necessarily a VPN at all, though obviously OpenVPN could be run on both the windows and linux sides if you were feeling sadistic. 75.4.60.81 05:30, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding is that coLinux is not analogous to OpenVPN, VTun, etc., and properly belongs under the the sub-heading "virtual machine networking," which is where I put it, but it was moved under "virtual private networks." —Fleminra 19:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't Hamachi use TUN/TAP on Linux?

It does. It also uses (its own) TAP driver on Windows. Alex Pankratov 22:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]