I’m A Dork So You Don’t Have To Be

Hamachi is nice software that allows you to set up private peer to peer connections over the Internet - through firewalls, private local IP ranges, etc. It just works.

Hamachi is currently for Windows and Linux systems with a Mac version on the way. You set up a network, password protect it so only the people you want can ever join it, and then share a folder or folders on your machine. The other Hamachi users who join your network will be able to browse the contents of the directories you shared just as if they were part of a local workgroup with you.

You are directly connected to the other Hamachi users in your network after an initial handshake routes you to them via Hamachi. It isn’t just 1-t0-1 either. Your private network can have as many people as you want in it. All sharing files and connected to each other directly and securely.

Traffic is encrypted over the connection and you can then run other traffic over your Hamachi connection if you want. VNC on a machine that uses dial-up or that is behind a firewall? No problem.

There’s my endorsement. Use it.

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