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Re:CryptoSeal (YC S11) Offers VPN As A Service by huhtenberg on Monday January 14, 2013 @09:00PM (#5058070)
> We deploy desktop client software which is fully supported on Windows and Mac OSX, and works on Linux, FreeBSD, and most operating systems which support Java.

You have a desktop VPN client in Java. But, but... why? I'm not trolling. This is such an unconventional choice of language for a VPN software, most of which is written in C or C++. Java is pretty much like going with Perl or Ada.

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Re:CryptoSeal (YC S11) Offers VPN As A Service by rdl on Monday January 14, 2013 @09:05PM (#5058101)
That will be fixed at some point in the future; it's java as a fallback after that. We have a way to do native OS on Android and iOS, and can potentially do the same thing on Mac/Windows.

Linux/FreeBSD/etc. are likely to remain java for a longer period.

I hate Java, myself.

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