Excerpts from Jeff Waugh's message of Thu Apr 17 19:58:57 +1000 2008: > <quote who="Richard Heycock"> > > > Is it possible to use ssh as a type of dynamic vpn so that when I connect > > to a remote machine the remote machine has access to the initiating > > machine? > > See the man page section for the -R option to map a remote port to a local > port. It complements the -L option, which does the opposite. I don't believe > there's a reverse analogue to the -D option though (SOCKS proxy through the > remote end), so you're stuck with port mapping. > > You can also do sick stuff like ppp-over-ssh. > > Or sensible stuff like OpenVPN.
I was hoping to avoid using OpenVPN I use that in lots of places as it is and given that I only need this for deployment it seemed like overkill. rgh > :-) > > - Jeff > -- +61 (0) 410 646 369 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're worried criminals will continue to penetrate into cyberspace, and I'm worried complexity, poor design and mismanagement will be there to meet them - Marcus Ranum !DSPAM:480737c5198721863999174! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
