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.)
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Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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What does this mean? I keep expecting digital sushi or something to that effect.