Remembering the LAN
Does anybody remember Hamachi?<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LogMeIn_Hamachi" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LogMeIn_Hamachi</a><p><a href="https://vpn.net" rel="nofollow">https://vpn.net</a><p>Tailscale is very much a successor to Hamachi.  Hamachi was already "the 90s as a world of mesh networks on top of today’s internet."  Ive run into some client side issues with Tailscale on Windows, but when it works, it works great.<p>BUT, this blog post is the worst part of SEO. If you're going to blog with lots of keywords to build up google cred, communicate useful things, not just a weird nostalgia.  I didnt find the story particularly compelling.<p>Also, and probably more importantly, the message of 'as long as the perimeter is secure, security within the lan is just a nuisance' is kind of odd.  I dont know if that part of the 90s is the part worth reviving.  Endpoints should not be trusted by default.  (That isnt necessarily tailscales job, but dont market/sell the product as a "its super easy to connect EVERYTHING, security be damned."  That is irresponsible to people who want to build connectivity but dont know what they are getting into.  If this is an Apple like 'it just works' dont underplay the dangers.)