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localtunnel vs Openswan

A side-by-side look at localtunnel and Openswan. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

localtunnel

localtunnel

Development

localtunnel is an open source command line tool that allows you to easily share a web server running on your local machine without configuring DNS or firewall rules. It does this by assigning you a unique publicly accessible url that will proxy all requests to your locally running web server.

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Openswan

Openswan

Security & Privacy

Openswan is an open-source implementation of IPsec VPN software for Linux. It implements tunneling, authentication, and encryption standards to build secure site-to-site and remote access VPNs.

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