Ask HN: OpenVPN vs. Hamachi/Remobo/etc

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by jpwagner • 16 years ago

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Does anyone recommend Hamachi2, Remobo, or any similar product over OpenVPN?

e1ven2• 16 years ago

Depends on what you're after. I've set up a few VPNs with OpenVPN, even in somewhat strange circumstances (http://e1ven.com/2007/11/26/giving-all-players-routable-ip-a...) and it's very flexible, but the Windows drivers don't always play nice with new versions of Windows.

Win7 was broken for a while, and 64 bit drivers were difficult to make work.

I'd use a PPTP vpn where possible, since it's very easy to setup, cheap, and everything supports it or a Cisco ipsec VPN with a RSA-2-factor device if you want to lock things down.

Hamachi is.. Easy. Very, Very, Very easy. Outside of that, there isn't really advantage.

Never heard of Remobo- Could be interesting, but there isn't much information on their site yet; Are there limits on users? Data? How do they make money to run the VPN servers?

e1ven2• 16 years ago

Depending on how many users you have, the best option may be to sign up for a machine at SoftLayer for $100/month, and give everyone a SoftLayer VPN acct. They provide them for next-to-nothing.

_neil• 16 years ago

I use hamachi for going between work/home machines. Super easy. I'm only on mac/linux machines, though. I haven't used it on Windows for quite a while.

Ask HN: OpenVPN vs. Hamachi/Remobo/etc

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