[VPN] Re: FW: VPN

[Ken's Comtex Email at Home]

Just thought I would put in my two cents worth here.  Scott, your EchoServer
sounds very much like Hamachi (www.hamachi.cc) except that it is only for
VNC connections while Hamachi is a full-fledged (well, almost)
software-based VPN tunnel.  Hamachi would be a better solution if they are
wanting to have access to other types of resources from the office PC in the
future, as it's a simple matter of configuring the OS to allow whatever
access is required; the VPN tunnel lets any traffic through.
 
Hamachi works by connecting to a mediation server to get the tunnels
established with other computers on your list.  If their server goes down,
the tunnels persist as long as the individual PCs can maintain the links. 
For the most part, this has proven to work flawlessly even when both PCs
tested were on separate networks completely behind a firewall NAT router. 
The only thing Hamachi doesn't work through is SOCKS or other proxies.  They
are working on that though.
 
The current version is 0.9.9.9 but there are pre-release versions of 1.0
available in the forums if you look for them.
 
No, I don't work for Hamachi.  I just really like the product and when the
premium version comes out, I'm going to be the first to support it!  :)
 
Undrhil
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Scott C. Best
Date: 11/17/05 02:00:34
To: Dale Jones
Cc: vpn at lists.shmoo.com
Subject: [VPN] Re: FW: VPN
 
Dale:
 
   Heya. Unless I misunderstood you, it sounds like you don't
need a VPN for your boss to the office. All (I think) you need is a
remote desktop solution, so that she can see/control the office PC
from home.
   If that's correct, the best browser-based solution I know
of is the free LogMeIn solution:
 
https://secure.logmein.com/go.asp?page=download1
 
   For a non web-browser solution...and at the risk of being
self-promotional...my company recently released a firewall-friendly
VNC-based remote desktop system:
 
http://www.echogent.com/products.htm
 
   The advantage of the EchoWare Remote Support System is that
you (the service provider) own all of the pieces -- it doesn't rely
on any relay/rendezvous-servers run by someone else.
 
hope that helps,
Scott
 
 
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Dale Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> What is the simplest way to VPN my boss from her house to our office.
>> We are all on XP Pro on a peer to peer , I only need to her to see
>> backend Access tables at the office - mostly viewing not updates or
>> transactions.
>>
>> Dale Jones
>> cdadjones at sbcglobal.net
>> Account Manager
>> Certified Drivers of America
>> 469.335.0020  Office
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