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Hamachi - The Holy Grail VPN

     - Friday, December 16, 2005

If you've always wanted a super secure way of connecting computers for file sharing and remote access, but have gone cross-eyed trying to setup a VPN, then look no further, Hamachi is what you've been searching for.

This little program is just amazing. The basics is that Hamachi installs a virtual network adapter in your computer, and assigns your machine an additional IP address. You can then create a new virtual "workgroup" which your computers can then join. Using the virtual workgroup, you now have access to all the other computers connected to your virtual workgroup as if they were sitting on your own lan. Connections to and from your new IP address are encrypted by Hamachi so your traffic can't be intercepted between machines.

What this means is that you can then use the Windows File and Print Sharing over this new network without fear that your exposing yourself to the internet.

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