LogMeIn Hamachi

{{Short description|Virtual private network application}}

{{Primary sources|date=May 2013}}

{{Infobox software

| name = LogMeIn Hamachi

| logo =

| screenshot = Hamachi (software) interface screenshot.jpg

| screenshot size = 230px

| caption = Screenshot of the Hamachi Client, showing a joined network and other users who are participating

| author = Alex Pankratov

| developer = LogMeIn Inc.

| released = 2004{{Cite patent|number=US20070157303A1|title=Server-mediated setup and maintenance of peer-to-peer client computer communications|gdate=2007-07-05|invent1=Pankratov|inventor1-first=Alexandre|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070157303A1/en}}{{cite web |url=https://swapped.cc/#!/hamachi|title=Hamachi: The virtual private networking system|work=Personal website of Alex Pankratov|access-date=2019-01-16}}

| latest_release_version = 2.3.0.111 (Windows)[https://support.logmeininc.com/hamachi/help/whats-new-in-hamachi "What's new in Hamachi"]

| latest_release_date = {{start date and age|2024|04|18}}

| operating_system = Microsoft Windows (XP or later), macOS, Linux, Linux on ARM (beta)

| genre = P2P, VPN

| license = Proprietary (Free of charge for up to 5 devices)

| website = [https://www.vpn.net www.vpn.net]

}}

LogMeIn Hamachi is a virtual private network (VPN) application developed and released in 2004 by Alex Pankratov.{{Cite patent|number=US20070157303A1|title=Server-mediated setup and maintenance of peer-to-peer client computer communications|gdate=2007-07-05|invent1=Pankratov|inventor1-first=Alexandre|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070157303A1/en}}{{cite web |url=https://swapped.cc/#!/hamachi|title=Hamachi: The virtual private networking system|work=Personal website of Alex Pankratov|access-date=2019-01-16}} 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). 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 local area network (LAN).

Hamachi became a LogMeIn product after the acquisition of Applied Networking Inc. in 2006.{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2008 |title=REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 LOGMEIN, INC. |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1420302/000095013508000171/b67378lmsv1.htm |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=www.sec.gov |quote=On July 26, 2006, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Applied Networking, a Canadian corporation, in order to expand the Company’s product and service offerings and customer base. In connection with the acquisition, the Company acquired the patented Hamachi technology, a virtual private networking service.}}{{Cite web |title=Hamachi : Stay Connected |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828184025if_/http://hamachi.cc/ |access-date=2023-04-09}}{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2006 |title=LogMeIn Launches Instant, Zero Configuration VPN |url=http://corp.logmein.com/pdf/LMIPR_LMI_Hamachi.pdf |access-date=2023-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101194256/http://corp.logmein.com/pdf/LMIPR_LMI_Hamachi.pdf |archive-date=2006-11-01}} It is currently available as a production version for Microsoft Windows and macOS, as a beta version for Linux, and as a system-VPN-based client compatible with Android and iOS.{{Cite web |title=Hamachi System Requirements - Hamachi Support |url=https://support.logmeininc.com/hamachi/help/hamachi-system-requirements-hamachi-c-hamachi-systemrequirements |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=support.logmeininc.com |language=en}}