Any way to run tinc on MikroTik routers?

[jw at plews.org.uk]

On 2018-11-16 10:32, Răzvan Sandu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Please excuse my (probably newbie) question, but:
> 
> Since RouterOS, MikroTik's proprietary OS, is largely based on
> GNU/Linux, anyone knows a way to run tinc on a MikroTik device?
> 
> This would be in order to make an (imposed, no choice given...)
> MikroTik device (say the B1100AHX4 router) to participate in a tinc
> mesh, in interoperation with GNU/Linux machines.
> 
> Please see:
> 
> https://mikrotik.com/ [1]
> https://mikrotik.com/product/rb1100ahx4 [2]
> 

Not sure if its on ARM stuff:

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Metarouter

I was hoping to build a mini appliance for these situations:

These seem pretty nice, put standard OpenWRT on mine, has headers and 
holes for PoE mod
with any cheap DC-DC board too.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GL-iNet-GL-MT300N-V2-Pre-installed-Performance-Compatible/dp/B073TSK26W/ref=sr_1_1

Quad core CPU on this one
http://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-hacker-board-features-dual-ethernet-and-a-13-90-price/

Love the voltage input range on these things
https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/mikrotik/mikrotik_rbmap-2nd

> (Confession: after using tinc for a few years, on a few dozen free
> software machines, going back to point-to-point L2TP/IPSec tunnels,
> even with Strongswan, would be a NIGHTMARE. This is just because
> someone in the organization insists in using hardware routers and
> proprietary software... So this is a cry for help ;-)   )
> 

And OpenVPN support in RouterOS was allways annoying for me.

Regards

JWP