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LogMeIn Hamachi
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<p>LogMeIn Hamachi is a <a href="/facts/Virtual_private_network/HX1WUQ3E">virtual private network</a> (VPN) application developed and released in 2004 by Alex Pankratov. It is capable of establishing direct links between computers that are behind <a href="/facts/Network_address_translation/nFweFNfN">network address translation</a> (NAT) firewalls without requiring reconfiguration (when the user's PC can be accessed directly without relays from the Internet/WAN side). Like other layer 2 VPNs, it establishes a connection over the Internet that emulates the connection that would exist if the computers were connected over a <a href="/facts/Local_area_network/edUDxJ6J">local area network</a> (LAN). </p><p>Hamachi became a LogMeIn product after the acquisition of Applied Networking Inc. in 2006. It is currently available as a production version for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, as a beta version for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, and as a system-VPN-based client compatible with <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> and <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a>. </p>