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Logmein is a remote access solution so not the same as a VPN.

 

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Graham Chiu
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Graham:

Logmein is a remote access solution so not the same as a VPN.

 

TeamViewer is really cool in my opinion, and has free remote desktop, file transfer, and VPN features for Windows only, but has the same non-commercial thing as hamachi.  I've use it and it's solid and a cinch to set up.  OpenVPN is complex, but with good instructions for Windows...not at all easy on Linux for me so far.  Very capable, however. 

NoMachine has several "free forever" clients and uses distributed networking plus "NX" compression technology.  Claims to be a really fast "virtual" remote desktop environment for private networks and Internet (http://www.nomachine.com/products.php)....have any of you tried it?  With broadband it might be fast enough to make a VPN uneccessary??

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Have you tried SSL explorer?  http://sourceforge.net/projects/sslexplorer/

Not sure if it is suitable though.

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Graham Chiu
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Graham:

Have you tried SSL explorer?  http://sourceforge.net/projects/sslexplorer/

Not sure if it is suitable though.

I downloaded the SSL Explorer package.  It's java source with an installer to compile it on the user's platform, so is truly cross platform.  It's a browser based VPN.  Looks very promising.  I'm going to try it and keep you posted.

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It wasn't clear to me if other applications than the browser also had access to the SSL tunnel created.

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Graham Chiu
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Graham:

It wasn't clear to me if other applications than the browser also had access to the SSL tunnel created.

The SSL Explorer website (http://3sp.com/en/enterprise-edition/?referrer=sslexplorer) says it has pretty robust capabilities, including "IPSec-like" VPN to applications, files, etc.  It just requires "configuring ANT correctly" with JRE. I'm working on trying it today.  Sounds like exactly what I've been looking for -- easy to use cross-platform VPN.

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Installed SSL Explorer Enterprise Edition using the Windows installer.  It allows 2 concurrent sessions for free (you have to dig a bit to find that tidbit).  Medium complex still, but not too bad to set it all up and get the webserver going as a Windows service.  I have it working now.  Uses 130 K of ram without any extensions running!  Have to figure out how to connect a client to it now.

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Windows has an inbuilt VPN client ... try that.

 

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Graham Chiu
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