| Port details on branch 2025Q2 |
- softether SoftEther VPN 4 (RTM version)
- 4.44.9807 security
=0 4.44.9807Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: meta@FreeBSD.org
 - Port Added: 2025-04-20 14:19:13
- Last Update: 2025-04-20 14:16:22
- Commit Hash: 5e57f2a
- Also Listed In: net-vpn
- License: APACHE20
- WWW:
- https://www.softether.org
- Description:
- SoftEther VPN ("SoftEther" means "Software Ethernet") is a powerful,
multi-OS and easy-to-use multi-protocol VPN software. It supports
SSL-VPN (HTTPS), as well as OpenVPN, IPsec, L2TP, MS-SSTP, L2TPv3
and EtherIP tunneling protocols and has a clone function to support
OpenVPN clients.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
- no SUBR information found for this port
- Dependency lines:
-
- softether>0:security/softether
- Conflicts:
- CONFLICTS_INSTALL:
- softether-devel-4.*
- softether5
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/security/softether/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install security/softether
- pkg install softether
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: softether
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1745157925
SHA256 (softether-src-v4.44-9807-rtm.tar.gz) = f4fdc5f791ae318c4a70c1bc95b15ee24c264d8f3dc32e626ee9d5382da849e7
SIZE (softether-src-v4.44-9807-rtm.tar.gz) = 25716066
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- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
-
- gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
- Library dependencies:
-
- libiconv.so : converters/libiconv
- libreadline.so.8 : devel/readline
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:
- ===> The following configuration options are available for softether-4.44.9807:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- security_softether
- USES:
- dos2unix gmake iconv:wchar_t localbase:ldflags ncurses readline ssl
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- To run SoftEtherVPN client from startup, run
sysrc softether_client_enable=yes
To run SoftEtherVPN server from startup, run
sysrc softether_server_enable=yes
To run SoftEtherVPN bridge from startup, run
sysrc softether_bridge_enable=yes
To run SoftEtherVPN traffic server from startup, run
sysrc softether_trafficserver_enable=yes
Initial and further configuration of all SoftEther services can be
done either by using VPN Client/Server/Bridge Manager for Windows
or by vpncmd from command line.
Please note client functionality is currently not supported in this
version on FreeBSD. Use security/softether5 instead to use SoftEther
as VPN client.
When removing SoftEther VPN without the desire to reinstall, please
ensure to remove the following directories as well:
- /var/db/softether
- /var/log/softether
- /var/run/softether
- Master Sites:
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