Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:25:10 +0100 From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> To: stan <stanb@panix.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VPN via ssh ? Message-ID: <8DADE04C-6AA1-11D8-99D8-000A95CDA38A@webweaving.org> In-Reply-To: <20040229012756.GA8611@teddy.fas.com> References: <20040229012756.GA8611@teddy.fas.com>
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On Feb 29, 2004, at 2:27 AM, stan wrote: > I can connect to my home machines from work using "runsocks ssh". Now > it > seems to me that I ought to be able to build a full blown VPN tunnel > using > this, right? You'll need to run PPP inside it. I use the simple scripts at http://www.webweaving.org/vpn-tools/ One -BIG- problem with any type of tunnels over TCP (ssh is TCP) is that any TCP connections inside that tunnel get mightlily confused when tere is a packet drop/retry on the outer tunnel; as the inner tunnels come to about the same conclusion at the same time. And you get lovely little avelances and your pipes wadded up. Dw
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