I’ve discovered Hamachi which allows you to set up completely secure VPNs and then, with RealVNC, I can have complete access to my home and office machines, from any other machine on my network. (More pics in flickr by clicking on the screenshot.) Untimately, what this allows me to do is securely use open WiFi hotspots without worry. You can read all about the software via the links and you can also listen to episode # 18 (“Hamachi” Rocks!) of the Security Now! podcast which explains it all. Oh, and it’s all totally free. (No Mac version of Hamachi yet, but it’s on the way.)
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “I’ve finally done it!”
What does this mean? I keep expecting digital sushi or something to that effect.
What does this mean? I keep expecting digital sushi or something to that effect.