On Sat, 2025-08-02 at 11:57 +0200, Jan-Espen Oversand wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been the maintainer (by proxy) of net-vpn/vtun. But, as there is
> no 
> upstream maintenance since 2016, I am afraid it is going to get 
> increasingly difficult to maintain. The greatest risks to maintaining
> it 
> as far as I can see is deprecations and removals of openssl-features
> and 
> algorithms. Quite soon it is probably going to need use-flags on
> openssl 
> to enable deprecated algorithms. Also it has started to fall out of 
> other distros and operating system ports.
> 
> So, I basically had enough, and I imported the project into github,
> and 
> over a few weeks rewrote the codebase in rust. I have moved most of
> my 
> own tunnel-setups to this github-project. So basically I just wanted
> to 
> ask whether there are any opinions on whether this project (vtun-ng) 
> could be a viable replacement for vtun? Probably no hurry right now,
> but 
> could possibly be considered over the next few months?
> 
> I've uploaded ebuilds to the GURU-repository at net-vpn/vtun-ng
> 
> Github: https://github.com/leakingmemory/vtun-ng
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jan-Espen Oversand
> 


Hello. 

I am invested in that package. And I think I'll keep a pi around with
an older openssl version just for that. For like many years. Have no
reason to abandon vtun coz the encryption is already done by ssh. I use
vtun to feed 8 tap connections into a bond connection to parallel
compress distcc stuff. One tap tun means one core compression. 8
however means multicore compression. Its like my favorite toy. I doubt
I will give it up. 

But, I will keep an eye on your port/fork. Good luck with it. 

axl

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