HamachiX

HamachiX is the frontend for Mac OS X to hamachi, a secure mediated VPN client. (VPN stands for Virtual Private Network and it allows you to see local services from afar including shared drives, printers, and Bonjour chatting.

Mac OS X has some VPN capabilites built in, but nothing like HamachiX can offer. My boss and I played with it for a while yesterday and were amazed. It has an amazing ability to make its way thru firewalls and doesn’t need port forwarding. This means that you can set it up on your parent’s computer and take it over with ease and security.

In order for it to work, you create a network with the hamachi service. The free service is very capable, but there is also a premium service that is priced quite fair.

There is a bit of a learning curve on this app. I’ve created a tutorial on “How To set up a VPN with HamachiX.”

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