SoftEther VPN - An Open-Source Cross-platform Multi-protocol VPN Program

http://www.softether.org/



We use GitHub as the primary official SoftEther VPN repository:

https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/



Source code packages (.zip and .tar.gz) and binary files are also available:

http://www.softether-download.com/



We accept your patches by the acceptance policy:

http://www.softether.org/5-download/src/9.patch



Copyright (c) 2012-2014 SoftEther Project at University of Tsukuba, Japan.



This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2

as published by the Free Software Foundation.



SoftEther VPN ("SoftEther" means "Software Ethernet") is one of the

world's most powerful and easy-to-use multi-protocol VPN software.



SoftEther VPN runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Solaris.



SoftEther VPN supports most of widely-used VPN protocols

including SSL-VPN, OpenVPN, IPsec, L2TP, MS-SSTP, L2TPv3 and EtherIP

by the single SoftEther VPN Server program.



More details on http://www.softether.org/.





SOFTETHER VPN ADVANTAGES

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- Supporting all popular VPN protocols by the single VPN server:

  SSL-VPN (HTTPS)

  OpenVPN

  IPsec

  L2TP

  MS-SSTP

  L2TPv3

  EtherIP

- Free and open-source software.

- Easy to establish both remote-access and site-to-site VPN.

- SSL-VPN Tunneling on HTTPS to pass through NATs and firewalls.

- Revolutionary VPN over ICMP and VPN over DNS features.

- Resistance to highly-restricted firewall.

- Ethernet-bridging (L2) and IP-routing (L3) over VPN.

- Embedded dynamic-DNS and NAT-traversal so that no static nor

  fixed IP address is required.

- AES 256-bit and RSA 4096-bit encryptions.

- Sufficient security features such as logging and firewall inner

  VPN tunnel.

- 1Gbps-class high-speed throughput performance with low memory and

  CPU usage.

- Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone are

  supported.

- The OpenVPN clone function supports legacy OpenVPN clients.

- IPv4 / IPv6 dual-stack.

- The VPN server runs on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X.

- Configure All settings on GUI.

- Multi-languages (English, Japanese and Simplified-Chinese).

- More details at http://www.softether.org/.





GETTING STARTED

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Visit the SoftEther VPN Project official web site at first:

        http://www.softether.org/



If you are not a developer, it is recommended to download the binary

installers from:

        http://www.softether-download.com/



To build from the source,

see "BUILD_UNIX.TXT" or "BUILD_WINDOWS.TXT" files.





HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST SOURCE CODE PACKAGE

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Go to http://www.softether-download.com/ and you can find the latest

source-code package file in both .ZIP and .TAR.GZ format.



This is the easiest way to obtain the source code of SoftEther VPN.





HOW TO GET THE LATEST SOURCE CODE TREE FOR DEVELOPERS

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If you are an open-source developer, visit our GitHub repository:

https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/



You can download the up-to-date source-code tree of SoftEther VPN

from GitHub. You may make your own fork project from our project.



The download and build instruction is following:



$ git clone https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN.git

$ cd SoftEtherVPN

$ ./configure

$ make

$ make install





TO CIRCUMVENT YOUR GOVERNMENT'S FIREWALL RESTRICTION

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Because SoftEther VPN is overly strong tool to build a VPN tunnel,

some censorship governments want to block your access to the source code

of SoftEther VPN, by abusing their censorship firewalls.



To circumvent your censor's unjust restriction,

SoftEther VPN Project distributes the up-to-date source-code

on all the following open-source repositories:



  - GitHub

    https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/



  - SourceForge

    https://sourceforge.net/p/softethervpn/code/ci/master/tree/



  - Google Code

    https://code.google.com/p/softether/source/browse/





To fetch the source code from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN.git



To fetch the source code from SourceForge:

$ git clone http://git.code.sf.net/p/softethervpn/code

  - or -

$ git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/softethervpn/code



To fetch the source code from Google Code:

$ git clone https://code.google.com/p/softether/



We hope that you can reach one of the above URLs at least!





SOURCE CODE CONTRIBUTION

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Your contribution to SoftEther VPN Project is much appreciated.

Please send patches to us through GitHub.

Read the SoftEther VPN Patch Acceptance Policy in advance:

http://www.softether.org/5-download/src/9.patch





DEAR SECURITY EXPERTS

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If you find a bug or a security vulnerability please kindly inform us

about the problem immediately so that we can fix the security problem

to protect a lot of users around the world as soon as possible.



Our e-mail address for security reports is:

softether-vpn-security [at] softether.org



Please note that the above e-mail address is not a technical support

inquiry address. If you need technical assistance, please visit

http://www.softether.org/ and ask your question on the users forum.





DISCLAIMER

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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY

CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,

TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE

SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

THIS SOFTWARE IS DEVELOPED IN JAPAN, AND DISTRIBUTED FROM JAPAN,

UNDER JAPANESE LAWS. YOU MUST AGREE IN ADVANCE TO USE, COPY, MODIFY,

MERGE, PUBLISH, DISTRIBUTE, SUBLICENSE, AND/OR SELL COPIES OF THIS

SOFTWARE, THAT ANY JURIDICAL DISPUTES WHICH ARE CONCERNED TO THIS

SOFTWARE OR ITS CONTENTS, AGAINST US (SOFTETHER PROJECT, SOFTETHER

CORPORATION, DAIYUU NOBORI OR OTHER SUPPLIERS), OR ANY JURIDICAL

DISPUTES AGAINST US WHICH ARE CAUSED BY ANY KIND OF USING, COPYING,

MODIFYING, MERGING, PUBLISHING, DISTRIBUTING, SUBLICENSING, AND/OR

SELLING COPIES OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE REGARDED AS BE CONSTRUED AND

CONTROLLED BY JAPANESE LAWS, AND YOU MUST FURTHER CONSENT TO

EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THE COURTS SITTING IN TOKYO,

JAPAN. YOU MUST WAIVE ALL DEFENSES OF LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION

AND FORUM NON CONVENIENS. PROCESS MAY BE SERVED ON EITHER PARTY IN

THE MANNER AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR COURT RULE.



USE ONLY IN JAPAN. DO NOT USE IT IN OTHER COUNTRIES. IMPORTING THIS

SOFTWARE INTO OTHER COUNTRIES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. SOME COUNTRIES

PROHIBIT ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS. USING THIS SOFTWARE IN OTHER

COUNTRIES MIGHT BE RESTRICTED.



READ AND UNDERSTAND THE 'WARNING.TXT' FILE BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE.

SOME SOFTWARE PROGRAMS FROM THIRD PARTIES ARE INCLUDED ON THIS SOFTWARE

WITH LICENSE CONDITIONS WHICH ARE DESCRIBED ON THE 'THIRD_PARTY.TXT' FILE.





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