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RE: Home VPN - Hamachi





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On 17/12/2005 at 14:03 Mark Harrison (Groups) wrote:

>On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 14:15 +0100, UKHA wrote:
>>
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>Andy,
>
>I agree. Anything where you CAN install the client software on the
>client machine, go that route.

Absolutely!

>
>I use OpenVPN to connect to the home network from my own laptop out on
>the road. Patrick Lidstone put me on to it in this very group a few
>years ago, and I've found it solid ever since.
>
>However, I do find a need for a "zero-config" service from
time to time.

Hamachi isn't actually zero-config either, or zero install...

>I don't use the Hamachi service, but I do use the logmein.com remote
>control service to access my PC, which from my perspective accomplishes
>a similar end result, albeit in a completely different way, but also
>relies on the security of an external, relatively unknown, third party.
>
>
>I realise that, in principle, I could develop and set up a zero-config
>service hosted off my own ADSL line, but that feels like a LOT of hard
>work :-)

ssh tunneling? usb keys?

Andy



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