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LogMeIn Hamachi is a virtual private network (VPN) application developed and released in 2004 by Alex Pankratov. It is capable of establishing direct links between computers that are behind network address translation (NAT) firewalls without requiring reconfiguration (when the user's PC can be accessed directly without relays from the Internet/WAN side).
He created HMA in order to circumvent restrictions his school had on accessing games or music from their network. According to Cator, the first HMA service was created in just a few hours using open-source code. The first product was a free proxy website where users typed in a URL and it delivered the website in the user's web browser.
Virtual private network. A virtual private network ( VPN) is a mechanism for creating a secure connection between a computing device and a computer network, or between two networks, using an insecure communication medium such as the public Internet.
GoTo Technologies USA, Inc., [3] formerly LogMeIn Inc., [4] is a flexible-work provider of software as a service ( SaaS) and cloud-based remote work tools for collaboration and IT management. The company was founded in 2003, and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. [5] On February 2, 2022 the company was rebranded from LogMeIn to GoTo.
ExpressVPN is a VPN service which offers privacy and security software that encrypts users' web traffic and masks their IP addresses. [1] It is offered by a Hong Kong-based company [2] registered in the British Virgin Islands as Express Technologies Ltd. [3] As of September 2021, ExpressVPN is owned by Kape Technologies [4] [5] and reportedly ...
In computer networking, TUN and TAP are kernel virtual network devices. Being network devices supported entirely in software, they differ from ordinary network devices which are backed by physical network adapters . The Universal TUN/TAP Driver originated in 2000 as a merger of the corresponding drivers in Solaris, Linux and BSD. [1]
A virtual private network (VPN) service provides a proxy server to help users bypass Internet censorship such as geoblocking and users who want to protect their communications against data profiling or MitM attacks on hostile networks. A wide variety of entities provide "VPNs" for several purposes.
Windscribe was founded by Yegor Sak and Alex Paguis in 2016. [4] In January 2021, Windscribe began beta testing ControlD, a new standalone DNS -based ad and tracker service, a direct competitor to services such as NextDNS, DNSFilter, and Cisco Umbrella. [5] [better source needed]