OpenVPN 1.0 Initial Release

James Yonan publicly released the first version of OpenVPN, an open-source VPN solution under the GNU GPL, offering secure and flexible tunneling.

Significance

This marked the official debut of OpenVPN, making it available to the public and initiating its journey as a widely adopted, community-driven secure networking tool.

Key facts

Date
2002-05-13
Type
release
Location
Internet (via personal website/mailing list)