AlmostVPN 1.3 review

AlmostVPN is a ssh tunnel management application with a twist.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 5038K Developer: Leaping Bytes Buy Now Price: $15.00 Updated: 03 Dec 2006

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AlmostVPN is a ssh tunnel management application with a twist.

Here are some key features of "AlmostVPN":
it packaged as Preference Panel, so you do not have to use yet another application to configure your tunnels
it employs launchd to control tunnels, so you do not have to have yet another application running while tunneling
it uses creative network configuration techniques to provide amlost VPN like access to remote services, so you can keep using real IP addresses and port numbers while accessing service on other side of your tunnels.
it provides simple way to mount remote volumes via SSH tunnel.

What's New:
Fixed crash during "clean" install (problem was introduced in 1.2. Sorry).
Fixed problem when stopping one profile which uses "Host Aliases" used to kill all host aliases from other profiles.
It is possible now to specify password when using Command Line in Quick Config
Quick Config now "honor" Remote Control Type (used to treat everything as VNC)
Host Alias could be configured to do recursive "aliassing" to all subordinate hosts/servers