What Is the Best Remote Assistance Program?

Dec 8, 2008 | 6 Comments

This is Preston Kemp’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily [...]

Want a Free VPN for Public WiFi Hotspots?

Jun 4, 2008 | 30 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When it comes to accessing the Internet when you’re away from home, you never really know what you’re going to get. You have to stay secure to protect yourself. A friend of mine emailed me the other day, talking about this [...]

Hamachi for Secure Network Computing

Sep 4, 2007 | 16 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – In the past, I have never really used VPN. It just seems so complicated and costly. However, using open wireless networks while out and about, I’m definitely concerned about privacy and safety. My buddy WirelessPacket from our live chat room is [...]

Does it make pfSense to wear SSH SOCKS?

Aug 30, 2007 | 3 Comments

Adrian Hensler scribbled: Just looking at your postings regarding VPN and Hamachi. Hamachi is pretty neat but if it has spotty support for the Mac why not try SSH (secure shell)? I know there are Mac clients like putty ( http://putty.darwinports.com/download/ ). SSH is great for tunneling data through. You can pipe your email, Web [...]

Virtual Private Sushi!?

Aug 29, 2007 | 6 Comments

“wirelesspacket” (quickly becoming one of my favorite chat regulars) sent this suggestion on virtual private networks for individuals. I was reading your post about Tor or VPN.. Have you ever tried Hamachi? (http://hamachi.cc) Hamachi is an alternative to VPN. It was highly recommended by Steve Gibson in his Security Now podcast episode 18. http://aolradio.podcast.aol.com/sn/SN-018.mp3 Hamachi [...]

TOR or VPN?

Aug 27, 2007 | 30 Comments

I always get nervous on open and/or public WiFi networks – especially when it comes to checking sensitive information like email. Some people say that a VPN (a virtual private network) solves that problem, but I don’t seem to have anything other than a way to dial into a VPN server. Since I don’t have [...]