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I have heard great things about Hamachi on the Security Now! podcast. Hamachi is now owned by LogMeIn.

What it is

Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking (VPN) application.

In other words Hamachi is a program that allows you to arrange multiple computers into their own secure network just as if they were connected by a physical network cable.

Hamachi is fast, secure and simple. Its core version is also free.

What’s in it for me?

Hamachi gives you LAN over the Internet.

Virtually any application that works over local/home networks can also be used over Hamachi networks.

Think - Windows File Sharing, iTunes, Remote Desktop, Remote Assistance or even gaming - all fully encrypted, authenticated and peer-to-peer.

Technology

Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking application with an open security architecture and NAT-to-NAT traversal capabilities.

Hamachi is the first application to mix seemingly unrelated networking technologies in one powerful package to deliver an unprecedented level of direct peer-to-peer connectivity. More …

Security

Hamachi is secure. All Hamachi communications are encrypted and authenticated with industry-standard algorithms and protocols. Nobody will be able to see what two Hamachi peers are talking about. Not even us.

However what is equally important - Hamachi security architecture is completely open meaning that its detailed description is available to anyone interested for review and validation. More …

Ease of Use

Great effort went into designing and polishing the Hamachi user interface. The result is sleek, simple and intuitive; yet still very functional. Everything you need, nothing you don’t.

Hamachi software contains no spyware, bannerware or any other -ware unrelated to its purpose. And it never will.

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ReallyReady.org is devoted to providing comprehensive and correct
emergency preparedness information for families, businesses, and
individuals with disabilities.

In February of 2003 the United States Department of Homeland Security
released Ready.gov, an emergency preparedness web resource for Americans,
as a cornerstone of its multi-million dollar Ready Campaign. As of March 2006,
Ready.gov has received more than 23 million unique visitors.
Unfortunately, Ready.gov contains information that is both inaccurate
and incomplete. The Department of Homeland Security has been alerted
both publicly and privately of this problem. However, the modifications
that have been made to the site over the past three years, including an
update in July 2006, have not adequately addressed the errors.

A thorough analysis of Ready.gov by the Federation of American Scientists
reveals that numerous shortcomings remain. We therefore developed
ReallyReady.org, a emergency preparedness web resource with comprehensive
and correct information.

The Federation of American Scientists hopes to achieve two purposes with
ReallyReady.org:

1. To provide clear and correct information to citizens interested in
   preparing themselves and their families for an emergency
2. To persuade the Department of Homeland Security to take a serious look at
   Ready.gov and their policy on the accuracy of information and to make
   important changes that will help Americans to prepare for terrorist
   attacks or natural disasters.

We recommend that the Department of Homeland Security request the
assistance of scientific, military, and emergency response experts to
make crucial alterations to Ready.gov. Until FAS deems Ready.gov
acceptable, we will ensure that the information on ReallyReady.org will
remain updated, useful, and correct. We hope this site will
demonstrate to the Department of Homeland Security that their
multi-million dollar site can be useful and we hope they will update
their site as quickly as possible.

- http://www.fas.org/reallyready/index.html

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