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Seems pretty secure to me...
Authored by: Nep2ne on Feb 03, '06 10:39:05PM

The mediation server is in place only to link the connections, that's it. Other than that, an encrypted network exists between the two, or however many points on the network.

More here:

http://hamachi.cc/security

Compared to OpenVPN, this is an absolute cake walk, and seems (to me at least) to offer the exact same thing: an encrypted network between two points, initiated by a connection to a mediation server. No traffic flows through their servers after the initial contact (read link for more).

But my problem doesn't rely on their security -- I really think they are doing the right thing -- but with the reliability of the mediation servers themselves, and whether or not some tens of thousands of gamers suddenly link up, killing all hope of me ever reaching my clients.

It's still in beta, and looks to be a while -- nonetheless, I think it holds promise.

And in terms of that GUI, don't hold your breath. I think it's months away. There is a guy working on a dashboard widget, but as of now it just mirrors what networks you are on and offers no functionality other than that.



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Seems pretty secure to me...
Authored by: hopthrisC on Feb 06, '06 06:34:06PM
Seems pretty secure to me...
You have completely missed the point I was trying to make.

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Seems pretty secure to me...
Authored by: slantyyz on Feb 07, '06 06:43:02AM

Steve Gibson of GRC research is a big fan. I don't know if you've ever used his Shields Up web site to test your firewalls and security, but he did an entire podcast (called Security Now) with Leo Laporte on how great Hamachi is.

He did some homework with the author of the application and uses it on all of his servers.



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