Hamachi

norman norman at littletank.org
Wed Jan 31 18:17:50 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 11:05 -0600, Robert Mills wrote:
> > > > Do you use the Linux version and are there any difficulties in the
> > > > installation process? Is there a gui for Hamachi or is everything done
> > > > from a terminal? Finally, are there any issues with security that one
> > > > should be aware of?
> > >
> > > I think the only issues with security are the same ones that you should have
> > > with the Windows version - you're trusting that Hamachi themselves aren't
> > > doing anything with your data as you don't have (aiui) true end-to-end
> > > encryption, and even if you do, you don't have _proof_ of end-to-end
> > > encryption.
> >
> > I do understand that but I do not have access to my bank on my windows
> > machine nor do I use it for buying items on the internet. However, this
> > is all on my Ubuntu machine hence my question.
> 
> Aside from the trust you need to have in LogMeIn not to be shady, look
> at it like the security of your WLAN.  Is your network name ambiguous
> enough that no one will really be able to guess it?  Is your network
> password a strong password?  Is your root password a strong password?
> Are all of your user passwords strong passwords (insert google link
> for "strong password enforcement + nsa")?  Are any shares correctly
> restricted with the proper permissions?  So as long as people can't
> easily get on your WLAN without being "1337", and if they do, they
> can't do anything harmful, then you're fine.  Hamachi doesn't open up
> any holes (so far) that aren't already there within your WLAN.  And
> even if someone is able to get into your Hamachi network, you're able
> to evict people (banned by Hamachi IP which is constant until you
> reinstall).

Thank you very much for that, most helpful.

Norman





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