[ale] SSH tunnel vs VPN

DJ-Pfulio DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
Fri Nov 6 12:29:09 EST 2015


On 11/06/2015 11:21 AM, Alex Carver wrote:
> Connectbot on Android does not.  That's why I was confused.  My remote
> client is not a regular laptop.
> 

If you have a smartphone, you need an openvpn-based VPN. It is about
ease of use.

If you only have computers, then ssh is sufficient AND amazing!
http://blog.jdpfu.com/2014/09/23/you-don-t-know-ssh-about-ssh
has a list of things that work with ssh most people don't know. It isn't
just for a remote shell or sftp anymore.

> 
> On 2015-11-06 08:14, dev null zero two wrote:
>> read the link I posted. ssh has vpn functionality.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What built-in VPN?
>>>
>>> On 2015-11-06 07:44, dev null zero two wrote:
>>>> why not both (other than it doesn't work _that_ great)?! ssh has had a
>>>> built-in vpn for awhile now.
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VPN_over_SSH
>>>>


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