SoftEther VPN is free open-source, cross-platform, multi-protocol VPN client and VPN server software, developed as part of Daiyuu Nobori's master's thesis research at the University of Tsukuba.
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11 Facts About SoftEther VPN
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SoftEther VPN Server is unable to bind to specific IP addresses on a machine, negating one of its biggest features.
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SoftEther VPN Client is a VPN client program which has the virtualized function of an Ethernet network adapter.
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SoftEther VPN Bridge is a VPN program for building a site-to-site VPN.
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Some parts of the architecture of SoftEther VPN are different from typical traditional IPsec-based VPN systems.
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One of the key features of SoftEther VPN is the transparency for firewalls, proxy servers, and NATs .
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SoftEther VPN uses HTTPS protocol in order to establish a VPN tunnel.
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Traditional SoftEther VPN systems require the user to ask the firewall's administrator of the company to open an endpoint on the firewall or NAT on the border between the company and the Internet.
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All SoftEther VPN packets are encapsulated into ICMP or DNS packets to transmit over the firewall.
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VPN Gate is a plugin for SoftEther VPN, which allows users to connect to free VPN servers, run by volunteers who use SoftEther to host their VPN servers.
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