# Welcome to tinc!
-### Latest version: [1.0.11](news#1.0.11)
+### Latest stable version: [[1.0.29|download]]
+
+Latest prerelease from the 1.1 branch: [[1.1pre14|download]]
### Latest news:
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and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on
the Internet.
tinc is Free Software and licensed under the
-[GNU General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
+[GNU General Public License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
version 2 or later.
Because the VPN appears to the IP level network code as a normal
network device, there is no need to adapt any existing software.
<dl>
<dt><b>Encryption, authentication and compression</b></dt>
-<dd>All traffic is optionally compressed using zlib or LZO, and OpenSSL
+<dd>All traffic is optionally compressed using zlib or LZO, and LibreSSL or OpenSSL
is used to encrypt the traffic and protect it from alteration with
message authentication codes and sequence numbers.
</dd>
</dd>
<dt><b>Runs on many operating systems and supports IPv6</b></dt>
-<dd>Currently Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS/X, Solaris,
-Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 platforms are supported. See our section about
+<dd>Currently Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, Solaris,
+Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 and 8 platforms are supported. See our section about
<a href="/platforms">supported platforms</a> for more information about the
state of the ports. tinc has also full support for IPv6, providing
both the possibility of tunneling IPv6 traffic over its tunnels and
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