Hamachi is a UDP-based virtual private networking system. Its peers utilize the help of a third node called a mediation server to locate each other and to bootstrap the connection between them. The connection itself is direct and once it is established no traffic flows through our servers.

Hamachi is not just truly peer-to-peer; it is verifiably secure peer-to-peer.

Believe it or not, but we are able to successfully mediate p2p connections in roughly 95% of all cases we have dealt with so far. This includes peers residing behind various firewalls or broadband routers (aka NAT devices). It is high-tech and it is really cool :)

• Win/Linux/OsX
  
• Applications that are designed to work over a LAN will work in the same way over Hamachi. Some notable examples include iTunes , Windows File Sharing and nearly all multiplayer games.
  
• Hamachi builds an analog of a local network, which means that all its computers can act as servers.
  
• The Hamachi networking environment is isolated from the Internet and all its traffic is encrypted.
  
• Accessing networked devices, such as NAS and printers, that cannot be setup to run Hamachi on their own
  
• Hamachi also includes a simple traffic shaper and a built-in web proxy.
  

Packet Garden is an experimental artwork that seeks to provide an alternative and accessible approach to visualising daily internet use.