Originally posted by: eelw
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: eelw
Another happy Hamachi user here. Have multiple groups made so I can share pictures and videos with friends and family. Only wish there was a way to use Hamachi without installing the client so I can quickly use securely a public computer.
there is, well, ort of anyway, but it is a major PITA.
Care to elaborate?
Hamachi uses a technology called SSL VPN in addition to another trick using a special unused IP subnet. What does ths mean to you? Basically it can circumvent most basic firewall and most equipment that isn't proactively trying to keep it out. What this means for you is zero configuration. Unless you have a hardware SSL solution, Hamachi is basically the only zero configuration solution out there that is free.
the alternatives to access files between family and friends depend on whether you are willing to pay. assuming that you aren't using some paid service, you can achieve multiple point to point IPSEC or PPTP VPN tunnels between your family in friends creating a mesh network depending on your configuration. While this will allow for access between the networks, it is VERY complicated to setup and will take a LOT of time.
If you simply wanted to VPN into a network from a website, you could do so using SSL explorer or you could use openVPN as a server. In the end, you are looking at a LOT of work.
Basically, the beauty of hamachi, and I know I sound like I am plugging thir program but I really like it, is that it keeps all of this SSL VPN and mesh stuff under the radar screen. Basically, the SSL VPN stuff is what allows hamachi to bypass almost EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE and make your pc accessible by a single ip adress that doesn't change.
What you have on the top layer is a client that acts as a host on the 5.x.x.x network, which no internet router will acknowledge. Only the hamachi server uses it. Basically, as a hsot on this network, and using a key, not only can you create a connection with another rcomputer, but you can create a group that can communicate with almsot any protocol from ftp to windows networking ,to, of course, remote desktop.
basically, my point is, there are other ways to do what hamachi does, but in the end, it is a fantastic tool that basically takes a bunch of clients, and makes it seems as if they are on the same local network. What makes it great is that although all the goodies inside like the SSL VPN and the encryption and tunneling and what not allow you to pull this off, the client remains simple ,and pc to pc copmmunications remain even simple.
other options include getting a host and setting up a webpage to excahnge files (MS sharepoint services is a corporate example, and ilife '06's iweb is a consumer example) or an ftp server.
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