Shimo3 Beta Period Expired? NO!
Shimo3 just reaches its next beta phase and therefore you have to download the new version explicitly from here: http://dev.chungwasoft.com/Shimo/
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Fabian
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Fabian
New Beta Version available!
Please download the latest beta version from http://dev.chungwasoft.com/Shimo/ and test it out. There are a lot of bug fixes included and the auto-update functionality finally works. So you should not miss any future update now
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Fabian
Wanted – Dead
or Alive: Bugs in Shimo3As Shimo3 is approaching its release, I would like to ask everybody to use our trac ticketing system to report bugs and other issues with the current Shimo3 beta. To give you an incentive to report bugs, I would like to give the 10 most active bug reporters free Shimo3 licenses!
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Nate
Hi,
Do you have pricing info on Shimo3 yet? Will Shimo2 users need to pay for the upgrade?
Thanks!
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Fabian
There is no pricing detail yet for Shimo3, but I can say that current Shimo2 customers will get a discounted license for Shimo3!
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Fabian
Shimo3: Public Beta
Hi everybody,
after some weeks of private beta for Shimo3, I would like to open the beta testing to more users.
To have a central place to file bug reports and feature request, I set up a trac system, which can be found at http://dev.chungwasoft.com/Shimo/ . Please feel free to register an account for the trac system. This enables you to write wiki pages, create tickets etc. … and also download the beta software If you have any questions regarding the whole process, please let me know in a short email.
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Robert
trac is broken
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Fabian
What exactly is broken? For me it works?!
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Fabian
Shimo meets VyprVPN: A complete VPN solution
I am often asked whether we are offering a full VPN solution including software and also a VPN service. Not till today! From now on ChungwaSoft is cooperating with Golden Frog to offer our customers a complete VPN package. This includes the best VPN client for the Mac, Shimo, and an outstanding VPN service, called VyprVPN.
Those of the Shimo customers looking for a VPN account to surf the web anonymously and securely, should register for a VyprVPN account and use it with Shimo. While VyprVPN offers multiple protocols, we recommend to use the OpenVPN protocol. If you need any help configuring Shimo with VyprVPN, there will be detailed tutorials on how to setup Shimo with VyprVPN…
The next version of Shimo2 will include direct links to register for a VyprVPN account, so it will be extremely easy for Shimo users to get their hands on a professional VPN service.Starting with Shimo3 VyprVPN will be integrated even more tightly … more on this soon …
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Skip Canevit
after reading your reviews I downloaded Shimo. To my great disappointment, when I tried to just “try it out” I keep getting a “drop license” page come up and can go no further than this. If it is free, then how do we get a “license” to drop in the box. Quite disappointing.
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Fabian
The license window is necessary to activate Shimo, but you can definitely try it without a valid license. You can find Shimo in the top right corner of your screen (small tunnel icon). Just ignore the license activation window or even minimize it.
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Jordy
I have both of these services. I am still getting booted off every 2 days or so. Is there a solution to staying connected? Like setting up two profiles, running an apple script, etc.? Is the tutorial you mention above going to be available soon?
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Fabian
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Fabian
Better Support and Shimo 2.2.3
In the last weeks I got several emails from people complaining about the quality of support within the last months. I really want to apologize for this situation and I promise that we will improve our support heavily!
As a first step we introduce a completely new support area for our users. You will find FAQs, discussions and email contacts in this area. The former support forum should be replaced and tremendously enhanced with this step.
Please let me know what you think of the new support area and what we can improve even further. What do you think about a Wiki page, where people can explain how to setup Shimo in different situations?
We are looking forward to your comments.BTW: There is an updated version of Shimo2 available: Version 2.2.3
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Matt
Ummm your site is broken with FF. You can’t incrementally search your page because you capture keyboard input. feh…
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Danelo Canete
Support still sucks. I just bought Shimo from the MacUpdate offer and successfully downloaded it to a brand new 2 week old 27 inch iMac G5 Quad Core And Shimo is in applications folder. But it won’t open. So, I tried tech support. But it doesn’t exist. So, emailed them when they sent me the license. But still no response.
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Fabian
Spring Status Update
It’s spring!
I just want to let you all know that the development of Shimo is currently a little sluggish, because I started my new job as a PhD candidate at RWTH Aachen University. Furthermore I added some cool new features to Shimo3, which do not work well yet. For example, Shimo3 will use Snow Leopard’s integrated support for CiscoVPN connections. Thus Shimo will work without any additional software on MacOS X 10.6!
More news: For all the hamachi fans among you, I am planning to release a special application for VPN services like hamachi. This app will include support for contact lists, file sharing etc.
GeoTagr will also receive an update very soon, which incorporates the new services in iPhone OS 4.0! For the iPhone I am going to release an enhanced version of Kamusi (probably with audio support) and there is another nice iPhone app in the pipeline
As you can easily see, I have a lot of plans for this year and I am sure that you will like all of them!Regarding the Shimo3 beta test: It has not started yet and currently all the people, who applied for it, will be in!
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Nathan Shaw
Hi, some Cisco PIXs currently work with Shimo, but not with native Snow Leopard VPN client. Please don’t leave that functionality out of next version!
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Michelle Gill
Thank you so much for the update and congrats on the PhD program. I can tell you from my days as a PhD student that you will be very busy.
Exciting to hear about the new features. Not sure if you saw, but there is a new beta of Hamachi for Mac in the beta downloads section of the LogMeIn website. I hope you plan to include (or, rather update existing) support for Hamachi.
Cheers!
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Fabian
Shimo3 Private Beta: Phase1
As the development of Shimo’s third incarnation is progressing rapidly, we come to a state where we need more people testing the current version. With Shimo3 there are a lot of new features, which need to work as smoothly as possible and therefore we would like to ask you to join our private beta phase1.
To be part of this test period, please send in a short description of yourself. It would be nice to add the following information to your application:- Version of MacOS X
- VPN protocol primarily used
- Level of networking skills/knowledge
- Previous beta testsThe more information we have about you, the better we can find the perfect team for our beta test.
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cheek
Hello. I am currently running Mac OS X 10.6.2. I currently use the Cisco VPN Client v4.9.01.0180 to connect to three different sites via IPsec. I am a senior Unix system admin and support multiple clients remotely via VPN. I am very experienced with TCP/IP networking. I’ve only been a beta tester once in the past… with VMware’s Fusion product. I would be very interested in helping you test Shimo3. I have used Shimo v1.0.7 previously.
Matthew Cheek
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dreinidaho
- OS X Leopard 10.6.2
- Cisco IPSEC VPN (via Snow Leopard Built-In IPSEC Client) & Cisco AnyConnect
- CCIE Voice #23890 (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) I would love to beta Shimo 3.
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xy22y
I’d love to help beta test. I assume you want information here, since you didn’t provide any other contact information in your post.
1. 10.6.2, on an 8-core Mac Pro, and on a MacBook Pro.
2. Cisco IPSEC (via Snow Leopard client, Shimo 2, VPN Tracker). Also use IPSEC to OpenBSD.
3. Lots of networking experience / knowledge. I’ve written protocol stacks. I’ve administered lots.
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z0mbix
I’d love to help test. I’ve been running 2.x for a while, and while the OpenVPN and PPTP VPNs work great, I’ve never been able to move from IPSecuritas to Shimo for my IPsec VPNs. I am a systems & network admin looking after many Juniper IPsec, OpenVPN and PPTP devices.
1. 10.6.2 on a MacBook
2. Juniper based IPsec
3. Not CCIE level, but pretty experienced
4. I participated in the early Dropbox beta test, and one of the first linux client alpha testersCheers z0mbix
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jayhawkbabe
I just sent you an email, but decided I should post here. I have used Shimo for about 8 months now.
1. 10.6.2 on MacBook Pro
2. Cisco IPSEC
3. No experience with Mac software development, but I used to compile my own Linux kernels
4. Work with command line (scripts, python, software compilation) for my research (I am a biophysicist)
5. Have been a beta tester for numerous Mac programsMichelle Gill
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jjlharrison
Hi,
Looking forward to Shimo3! Been using Shimo for a couple of months after a friend told me about it. I’d love the ability to have multiple connections.
1. 10.6.2
2. PPTP and SSH Tunnels.
3. Cisco Certified Computer Science Student and Networking Admin (& Java/PHP Developer).
4. Early Dropbox Betas.Thanks,
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mkw
Mac version: Leopard 10.5.8, going to be Snow Leopard
VPN protocol: Cisco, SSH
Worked with networks since 1996
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MacVador
Hi Fabian,
I would appreciate to participate in your Shimo3 Private Beta test. I currently run 10.6.2 64 bits on a Macbook Pro penryn. I normally use Cisco vpn but has i does not run in 64 bits, I fall back onto the client integrated in SL. Therefore, Shimo cannot handle that one for me
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I manage more than 200 machines on my working site and the whole network and backup structure even my official job is researcher in biotech. I think I have quite a good level of knowledge in network and I am in tight contact with very high level engineers: they manage the whole Strasburg University network…
As previous beta tests, I have been involved in Encore (music sheet software) and a biotech software. I have done also some software French translation as iSoftphone, MDRP, etc…
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krumpt
OSX 10.6.2
PPTP, LT2P & OpenVPN
High
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nielsk
I’d like to participate in the Shimo 3 Beta-Test.
Mac OS 10.6.2
Cisco VPN, Hamachi
I know usually how to fix my problems with networks
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qbp
Hello, i am happy to become a beta tester of your program.
- Version: MacOS X 10.6.2
- VPN: openVPN
- Working as (LInux-) Systemadministrator
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Aaron Bieber
mmmm beta!
- 10.6.2
- OpenVPN and ssh tunnel
- Advanced
- Various projects.. Dropbox, lightroom.. few games.. SkyOS
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Pagefault
Hi, I also would like to be part of the beta test. Because I already found a lots of errors in 2.2.2 and would like to improve this tool.
- 10.6.3
- IPsec to Netgear UTM and Fritzbox 7270
- IT-Professional
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jayhawkbabe
Hi!
Any update on this? Even if not chosen for the beta test team, it would be nice to know (perhaps via another blog post or an update to this one) that beta testing has started.
Thanks!
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Patrick Savelberg
Hi, i would like to be a beta tester also :
- running MacOs X 10.6.3
- OSX VPN Servers / Draytak VPN Routers
- IT-Professional
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Felix Buenemann
Hey, count me in on the beta, I’ve done debugging on Shimo before. Knowledge in IT and networking/routing aswell as sw dev and debugging.
Currently using MacPro Octacore/16GB and 1st gen. MBP 17″/2GB both running SL 10.6.3. I’m using various VPN technologies: IPsec, OpenVPN, PPTP, CIsco IPsec, though for standard IPsec I’m currently using IPsecuritas, cause it doesn’t really work in Shimo 2. -
Rob Record
- 10.6.3
- SSH Tunnel
- Intermediate to high networking skills, very high general computing skills, intermediate to high programming skills
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Joshua Weinberg
Hi, I’d like to join your private beta. I’m running snow leopard on the mac and I also run linux and windoows machines. I use VPN as a mode of encryption for all my day to day internet transactions. –Email, websurfing, etc…I do work as a internet application developer and have a reasonable high level understanding of network systems.
Joshua
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Steve
Hey, I’d be happy to help out with the beta of Shimo3. I’ve used Shimo extensively in the past and have recently moved to Snow Leopard on a new MacbookPro and would like to use Shimo as a front end to the native VPN.
- Version of MacOS X: 10.6.3
- VPN protocol primarily used: IPSec
- Level of networking skills/knowledge: Pretty good… am a networking test professional
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Francisco González
MacOS X 10.6.5
Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN and OpenVPN
Moderate to advanced
Windows, Mac, Office, Mozy.com, DropBox and 1Password -
Simon
How’s the private beta going?
- Mac OS X 10.6.5
- IPsec & PPTP
- Practical knowledge derived from setting up small networks
- I am a developer; I try to submit useful/reproducible bug reports (most recently to the Eucalyptus project) -
Wayne
Version of MacOS X : 10.6.7
VPN protocol primarily used – Cisco and OpenVPN
Level of networking skills/knowledge – Advanced
Previous beta tests – too many to listI’m an information security analyst with over 5 years of in-depth Mac experience. I currently manage both a personal pfSense firewall/vpn as well as our corporate cisco fw/vpn.
I’d like to participate in the beta, as I currently use the built in native Cisco VPN client and would be happy to test that feature of Shimo
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Patrick
Hi, I’d like to take part in the beta.
- OSX 10.6.7 on macbook pro 8.2 (May 2011)
- SSH, PPTP and OpenVPN
- Wireshark knowledge (IT Pro)
- SMS 2003, SCCM 2007 -
Yanik Grignon
Mac OSX 10.6.5
Cisco VPN IPSec
Remove developer, so I’m on the VPN 24h/day -
B.R.
- Mac OS X 10.6.7
- Cisco IPSec VPN (via either Cisco’s VPN client, though preferably via vpnc for 64-bit support) and OpenVPN (wishing I could use both at the same time though!)
- Practical knowledge from small networks, but good troubleshooting skills
- Like the person who posted above me, I’m a developer & try to submit useful/reproducible bug reports.
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Fabian
ChungwaSoft 2010
The ChungwaSoft team wishes you all the best for the new year 2010. With the beginning of this year, we have something new for you: A completely redesigned website, which improves the overall structure of the whole ChungwaSoft information. We will keep the old websites http://www.shimoapp.com and http://www.geota.gr online for some weeks before we let them redirect to their corresponding microsites on ChungwaSoft.com
As the new website introduces some new features like a blog on the main page and a support forum to make it easier for everybody looking for answers, there are probably some sections, which do not work properly yet. Please send me an email or write a comment somewhere to let us know what to fix… Thanks!-
akatose
In the support forums the code-tag seems to work only partially:
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apollo51
I tried to contact using the contact form but didn’t get any response. I can’t use Shimo for Hamachi or OpenVPN; nothing’s working. Any support? I don’t dare to purchase since the demo doesn’t work at all. It feels like the whole application is broken. I’m using 10.6 on a MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and Mac mini; all fail.
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pcace 10:32 on November 1, 2011 Permalink |
Hey, im still getting the “Period Expired” Message!
Fabian 10:34 on November 1, 2011 Permalink |
Make sure you re-download the latest beta version from our servers. That should work.
William 07:05 on December 1, 2011 Permalink |
I am shimo 2.3.3 user. How can I get to access the 3 beta? Currently the shim 2.3.3 does not work in Lion.
Noel 19:05 on January 13, 2012 Permalink |
Fabian,
I downloaded the current Shimo version and it will not run w/o obtaining a license! I need to try your product to see if it works for the VPN server my company uses. Please advise . . .
Fabian 19:07 on January 13, 2012 Permalink |
Shimo asks you to purchase a license, but you can also use it without a license. Just ignore the nag screen in the meantime