Overview

Perfect Network Integration

VPN connections are an essential part of many people's daily life and therefore they have to be integrated seamlessly into the existing network infrastructure. Shimo automatically detects changes in your network configuration and reacts accordingly like initiating a VPN connection or reconnection.

Stronghold for your Passwords

Secure VPN connections are only really secure as long as the data used for authentication is stored safely. Therefore Shimo uses Apple's central storage for all your sensitive information: Keychain. Both, your passwords and your certificates are stored in the Kechain and thus protected additionally by your MacOS X password.

Always be up-to-date

Shimo keeps you informed about every important event. To achieve this it offers multiple different ways of getting your attention: Next to growl notifications and special sounds Shimo supports spoken text and custom AppleScripts. With those you can execute whatever action you want and connect it with a specific event in the connection process.

Hardcore Technology, Mac Simplicity

When we speak about VPN we think of encryption, authentication and low level networking. Abbreviations like 3DES, AES, PFS and DH make it even more complicated for a normal user to set up a secure tunnel. Shimo makes all this possible and enables really everbody to handle secure connections.

Nothing is impossible

Shimo supports almost every VPN protocol that is currently used. Next to the widely used CiscoVPN, Shimo easily handles OpenVPN and standard compliant IPSec connections. PPTP and L2TP are no problem at all either. With Cisco's new AnyConnect protocol and the zero-configuration protocol Hamachi the list of supported connection types becomes even longer. If you know any protocol not supported by Shimo, please let us know...

CiscoVPN OpenVPN IPSec PPTP AnyConnect SSH Hamachi

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Feature/Category Shimo IPSecuritas Tunnelblick
CiscoVPN Support
AnyConnect Support
OpenVPN Support
IPSec Support
PPTP/L2TP Support
Hamachi Support
SSH Support
Use Keychain for Passwords
Certificate Management
Advanced Notifications
Automatic (Re-)Connection
Syncing Profiles with MobileMe
Scriptable with AppleScript
Global Keyboard Shortcuts
Unit Price € 14.95 - -

FAQ

Installation

How to uninstall Shimo completely?

Shimo installs the following files and folders on your computer:

/Applications/Shimo
/Library/Application Support/Shimo
/Library/Extensions/tun.kext
/Library/Extensions/tap.kext
~/Library/Application Support/Shimo

If you want to uninstall Shimo completely, then just remove these files from your hard disk.

CiscoVPN

Why does the Cisco client show its dialog when I start a connection with Shimo?

Please don't run the original CiscoVPN Client together with Shimo, because they use the same system utilities and therefore unforeseeable problems can occur when you run them simultaneously. Shimo does not need the original client to be running, so close it.

Licensing

Am I allowed to use the license on multiple computers?

If you use multiple computers like a desktop mac at home and a mobile, then you are allowed to use your license file for both. But for every USER (person) you have to buy a single license!

I have not received my license file. What should I do?

Please first check the spam folder of your email account, because sometimes the license file gets identified as spam. If you cannot find it, just contact us using the link at the bottom and tell us your full name and the date of the payment of your license, so we can identify you.