Re: Home VPN - Hamachi

["Shmern" <shmern@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Just have, which worried me a little more... using the 5.x.x.x range -
ok,
> so it's not a range that's been give out yet, but it only takes a
handful
> to screw everything up.
>

like ? Surely it's a private tunnel using that ip, the only machines to see
that ip are the participants in the VPN ?

> In fact to quote:
>
> "The Hamachi server issues a 5. ip that your machine statically
and
> permanently
> and forever has, that's it's ip in this 5. address space, it never
> changes"
>
> In other words someone who is not authorsized to issue ip addresses is
> doing so.
>
> It explains why it uses a third server... but it makes it so much
worse.
>
Still don't understand why it's worse ??

this ip doesn't exist, other than in private networks, i think he chose
this
ip to stop clashes with the usual ip ranges people use
i.e.
10.0.0.0        -   10.255.255.255  (10/8 prefix)
172.16.0.0      -   172.31.255.255  (172.16/12 prefix)
192.168.0.0     -   192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)

Namachi could just as easy used 10.x.x.x but that MAY have clashed with
some
peoples NAT setups!
I've just played with it and it really is practically ZERO config VPN, no
messing with port forwarding on the routers etc.. Just install and run and
create/join networks, it's just like putting a new nic in your computer and
connecting it to a network that your friends/remote computers are patched
into :)Now I know your a techy Andy and you can setup VPN's in your sleep,
but this provides secure quick and easy VPN to the masses.It's not the
answer to everything but it sure helps !, I'll use this and the VPN server
on my Vigor to provide all the remote access i need to my computers AND my
friends.Shmern> Andy



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