Get Free Remote Access Over the Internet to Your PC or Mac via this Free Remote Access Software for Your Computer!   6/11/2007 - 4,311 views, 4 Comments

It’s all part of a service provided by Log Me In. They do offer fee-based services as well, but using just their free remote access software and remote access service, you can use all of these features!:

- Open remote files
- Access from any browser
- Check your email
- Access from wireless Pocket PC
- Run programs
- Easy-to-use interface
- Support remote users

All completely free!

You just download their free software to your desktop, and then can log in and connect to your desktop through their portal, using a web browser, from anywhere in the world!

Is there a hook? Nope! Of course, they may hope that you might upgrade to one of their fee-based services, but really, unless you are using this as part of a business, there is no need - the free remote access service will do everything you need! (The fee-based service allows you to let third-parties access your remote PCs or Macs, copy files between two different computers remotely, and more.)

But what about security, you may ask (as indeed, did we).

From Log Me In’s security whitepaper:

“LogMeIn utilizes SSL/TLS certificates to verify Server identities and thus protect against MITM attacks. When a connection is made, the Server’s certificate is verified. If the certificate was not issued by a certifying authority the user has chosen to trust, a warning will be presented. If the certificate was issued by a trusted certifying authority, but the hostname in the URL does not match the hostname included in the certificate, a different warning will be presented.

If the Server passes these verifications, then the User’s browser generates a “Pre-Master Secret” or PMS, encrypts it with the Server’s public key contained within its certificate, and sends it to the Server. As ensured by public key cryptography, only the Server that holds the corresponding private key can decrypt the PMS. The PMS is then used to derive the Master Secret by both the User and the Server, which, in turn, will be used to derive initialization vectors and session keys for the duration of the secure session.

In short, the above ensures that the User is establishing the connection with the Server, and not with a third entity. Should a MITM attack be attempted, either one of the security warnings will be triggered or the PMS will be unknown to the MITM, effectively rendering the attack impossible.”

That’s a lot of technical jargon, but it basically means that the Log Me In system is as secure as it can be while still providing a wide-scale remote access service.

So check it out today! Learn more, or signup for, Log Me In here.