Is Open VPN for me???

BigBlaze

I do eCommerce from home using my iMac on Mac OS Lion.
I want to hire somebody you can work from is home and manage all the task I do every day running this online store.

What are the SAFE options to give access to my iMac?

- I want to give complet access to my iMac
- Parallels is instal on my iMac. I use Parallels Desktop to run Windows 7 and Quick Books accounting software. This is the main reason I want to give access to my iMac because most task are done online using email and my online store platform.

My goal is to have access to all my informations when ever I need and supervise this employes.

I tried ScreenSharing, I don't think it can do the job. It is ok to connect to a another computer to fix something, but to use everyday, it looks slow.

I found Open VPN on the internet, would it be a good option?

New to VPN, is it easy to setup my computer?

Is it safe?

Anything I should know about creating this kind of network?

One last thing, I have this old PowerBook G4, do you thing this employe can connect to my imac using this laptop? If yes, does I need a special vesrion of Mac OS to make this work?

Thank you for your help.

BigBlaze

PS: if QuickBooks was a online platform, thing will have been much more easy

davidpgrossman

VPN is not that hard to set up at all you should be fine.

rogersarchiro

I also have similar questions and look forward to seeing a response.

Roger

theteacher

I have a question similar to yours big blaze, but mine is a little more broad. I stumbled upon this site and it caught my interest when I read what this service is about. So if I'm clear on this, I can access the internet securely, do business and network with people all through this source? How does this compare to having just a secured web browser or antivirus on my computer. I am ignorant to this type of technology, but it sounds like some kind of heavy weight security. Someone please hip me to this. 😃

thebeingworkshop

I am in a similar boat as the last poster. I look forward to hearing a response from any senior members or any one willing to help.
I too stumbled upon this site. Maybe I will dig deeper as the answer always appears when I search:)

thebeingworkshop

I have a similar situation to the last poster and was hoping to clear this up.
I too stumbled upon this site searching for different solutions for my situation. I look forward to any input any senior members might have. I will also use the search button as I know that always brings good answers:)

somms

theteacher wroteI have a question similar to yours big blaze, but mine is a little more broad. I stumbled upon this site and it caught my interest when I read what this service is about. So if I'm clear on this, I can access the internet securely, do business and network with people all through this source? How does this compare to having just a secured web browser or antivirus on my computer. I am ignorant to this type of technology, but it sounds like some kind of heavy weight security. Someone please hip me to this. 😃

Not only to be secure remotely due to the OpenVPN tunnel between the client and server but I depend on the OpenVPN tunnel to be able to access my home computers remotely. The OpenVPN tap connection I establish is like plugging right into my router at home while I am on the road! 😉

janklassen1

I also would like to know if VPN is the solution for me. I have a company with around 20 employees an i wonder if this is the best method to provide them with internet or do have better options??

Please help me if you can

spongebob

VPN should be the best solution - what did you end up doing?