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2006-09-11

Skype-based VPN?

We ever used Hamachi for a longtime to collaborate online with some applications like Gobby. It's supposed to be secure by building private network within some circles. However, hamachi is UDP-based application, so the NAT admin can easily block the application by disabling UDP packets. Since I'm also a longtime skype user, I believe Skype's NAT-free capability can do something on software VPN. If we can leverage skype's p2p traverse functions and VPN features, can we have a stronger soft VPN solution?

Maybe its another over-expectation?

posted by im # 3:34 PM

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Skype has a rich API with app-to-app communication support. You already see some apps like Timbuktu using it to tunnel their traffic. So individual apps could use this API directly for communication, or you could build a virtual VPN network driver that tunnels TCP/IP traffic through this interface.

# posted by

Jaanus : 4:42 PM

good, good, but I still wait for some open-source or free solutions to support more infrastrcture-level tools instead of all-in-one application.

# posted by

im : 4:49 PM

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