Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:45:18 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: patrick <gibblertron@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Remote ssh tunnel in background or script? Message-ID: <8E0BC73D-5A7E-4AA7-A07B-A0F9959D5F3A@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <b043a4850911091136u2fdedc08n7b83b70f7c7aceda@mail.gmail.com> References: <4AF85FC9.10103@daleco.biz> <b043a4850911091136u2fdedc08n7b83b70f7c7aceda@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9 nov 2009, at 20:36, patrick wrote: > Check out /usr/ports/security/autossh > > autossh is a program to start a copy of ssh and monitor it, restarting > it as necessary should it die or stop passing traffic. > > The original idea and the mechanism were from rstunnel (Reliable SSH > Tunnel). With this version the method changes: autossh uses ssh to > construct a loop of ssh forwardings (one from local to remote, one > from remote to local), and then sends test data that it expects to > get back. (The idea is thanks to Terrence Martin.) > > WWW: http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/ > You don't need additional software for that: you can easily spawn a ssh session from ttys, which re-establishes itself when it fails: http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-mysql-connection-through-ssl-tunnel-p20077382.html -- http://www.boosten.org
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