# Welcome to tinc!
-### Latest stable version: [[1.0.26|download]]
+### Latest stable version: [[1.0.28|download]]
Latest prerelease from the 1.1 branch: [[1.1pre11|download]]
### Latest news:
-[[!inline pages="news/* and !*/Discussion" template=newsitemnoheader show="1" feeds="no"]]
+[[!inline pages="news/* and !*/Discussion" template=newsitemnoheader show="2" feeds="no"]]
*[[More news...|news]]*
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>