[HECnet] UDP tunnelling over SSH - Solution for people dynamic IP addresses?

[Sampsa Laine]

I agree, reliability could definitely be an issue. Of course the SSH tunnel has the advantage of not really requiring any additional software to be installed or configured.

Sampsa


On 13 May 2009, at 11:52, Brian Hechinger wrote:

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:39:19AM +0100, Sampsa Laine wrote:

The main disadvantage I can see is that SSH runs over TCP so any
dropped packets might cause more delays than using straight UDP.

Having done various SSH tunnels over the years another disadvantage is
that they are a complete pain to deal with.   Honestly, I would find it
considerably easier to setup something like OpenVPN which would solve
both the UDP and the dynamic IP problems and give you everything you
wanted ssh to do for you except with less pain and suffering attached.

Don't get me wrong, ssh tunnels are a FANTASTIC tool, but they've only
ever caused me grief when I expected them to be a "permenent" tunneling
solution.

Just my $0.02

-brian
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