Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Hamachi VPN Software

I recently found a VPN freeware that allows to setup a VPN in 5 minutes. You basically just need to install the application and sign up. The setup installs a virual network device. With signing up, you'll receive a fix IP addess in the 5.0.0.0/8 network. After that, you can create arbitrary "virtual networks" just by providing a name and a password. Anyone running the same software can join these networks (knowing the password, of course). You'll see all the participants in a messenger-styled list and you're able to connect anybody who shares a virtual network with you. You can use basically every software like:

- network shares
- microsoft terminalserver
- VNC software
- network games

The best thing: this also works behind NAT routers, as it uses the skype-like P2P technology.
The software also runs on mac and linux.

http://www.hamachi.cc/

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