[kwlug-disc] reverse tunnel? vpn over ssh?

[john at netdirect.ca]

kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org wrote on 08/18/2009 09:19:31 AM:
> From: Eric Gerlach <eric+kwlug at gerlach.ca>
> 
> Actually, what I think the best solution is to run a SOCKS proxy on the
> *desktop*.

It's not required that it be on his desktop. As long as his desktop has 
access to a proxy the SSH tunnel can be directed there. In other words, 
the host name in the -R command doesn't have to be 127.0.0.1.


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