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     1.4 +n2n is a layer-two peer-to-peer virtual private network (VPN)
     1.5 +which allows users to exploit features typical of P2P
     1.6 +applications at network instead of application level.
     1.7 +This means that users can gain native IP visibility (e.g. two
     1.8 +PCs belonging to the same n2n network can ping each other)
     1.9 +and be reachable with the same network IP address regardless
    1.10 +of the network where they currently belong.
    1.11 +In a nutshell, as OpenVPN moved SSL from application (e.g. used
    1.12 +to implement the https protocol) to network protocol, n2n moves
    1.13 +P2P from application to network level.
    1.14 +
    1.15 +The main n2n design features are:
    1.16 +
    1.17 +- An n2n is an encrypted layer two private network based on a
    1.18 +  P2P protocol.
    1.19 +- Encryption is performed on edge nodes using open protocols
    1.20 +  with user-defined encryption keys: you control your security
    1.21 +  without delegating it to companies as it happens with Skype
    1.22 +  or Hamachi.
    1.23 +- Each n2n user can simultaneously belong to multiple networks
    1.24 +  (a.k.a. communities).
    1.25 +- Ability to cross NAT and firewalls in the reverse traffic
    1.26 +  direction (i.e. from outside to inside) so that n2n nodes are
    1.27 +  reachable even if running on a private network. Firewalls no
    1.28 +  longer are an obstacle to direct communications at IP level.
    1.29 +- n2n networks are not meant to be self-contained: it is possible
    1.30 +  to route traffic across n2n and non-n2n networks.