"Karl J. Runge" wrote: > Some of you may remember the talk I did last Nov. at the MELBA meeting. > The basic idea is that one uses ssh to connect to work, say, and redirect > a bunch of ports (login shells, X window apps, webserver, etc) to yield > a poor man's VPN between the two points. > > For a couple of weeks I'll need to do this sort of VPN via dialup modem > from a location with only 1 phone line. That's not too bad, but I > anticipate having to bring the connection up and down quite a few times > a day (since there is only 1 phoneline and no cell phone coverage). > I am wondering if one could rig up something to *suspend* the active > connections, bring down ppp, use the phone, and then re-establish the > ppp connection and resume the connections & data flow.
The remote X, login shells, at least, could be handled through VNC (over SSH). Here's a good article on an interesting way to configure a VNC/SSH connection: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5499 You can pickup where you left off easily with VNC. I use it this way all the time. Though, I have not (yet) forwarded the whole environment (both locally and remotely) as in the above article. I will be experimenting with it soon. As you will be over a modem link, you may find this useful too: http://www.tightvnc.com/ Again, I haven't used it (yet).
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