14 Jan

Trust me you need a VPN. Want a free one?

Category: Inovative, free, iphone
What is a VPN and why do you need one?
Well a VPN is a Virtual Private network and it is used for security
While the VPN is running your information is hidden.
A VPN is good for everyone but a must for people who use computers with wireless connections. The iPhone also has a VPN option.
Their data is the most at risk. See the bottom of this post for a video explaining why VPNs are so important.

Here is a link with an explanation of how they work. If you don’t care how they work you’re just glad they do I have some free ones for you.

I found two free VPNs hamachi and hotspot shield for computers and one for the iPhone.
Hotspot shield is found at http://hotspotshield.com/
From there it can be downloaded and installed on your system. (I would uncheck the “include the hotspot shield community toolbar” in general extra toolbars are a bad idea)  and when you want to run it you can see it like a web page but it soon turns into an RSS feed type page. You will also see an icon in the taskbar.

I like it but the only problem is that it is advertising driven. This means when I searched google for more VPN information I got an add for cricket above the search results.

I didn’t like that so I ditched hotspot shield and tried hamachi.
Hamachi has both a paid and free version. It also works for windows, linux, and mac. If you are using it for non-commercial purposes then download the free version and make sure you choose non-commercial during the installation.
After installation follow this link for how to set it up.
During setup it will ask you to join the test group. You may get an error that it is full. Click cancel and close the guide window. Then create a new network by clicking the network button.
(it is the middle one at the bottom with the three dots that make a triangle) Choose create a new network then name it and give it a password.
Once it is setup there will be a client that you can close by clicking the upper left button and just let it run in your taskbar.
I noticed no problems when using hamachi and will be using it on my laptop from now on.
I do want to add that Hotspot shield has a VPN for your iPhone.
My cousin asked me a while back if I was worried about the data on my iPhone and I told her no. I rarely use it off of an encrypted network and when I do I am careful about what information is transferred. That got me thinking I had never considered the phone connection. Was it secure?
I checked my iPhone and found an option for a VPN and while researching this article I added it. You can also do this by following the instructions at http://hotspotshield.com/clientless/iphone/get_started.php

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Posted Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 2:11 am
Filed Under Category: Inovative, free, iphone
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Response to “Trust me you need a VPN. Want a free one?”

les
February 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

I advise you to use it now vpn, go to their site, ——————
evaluate what they offer.

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