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On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Your statement "it seems like running SSH inside a VPN is better for |
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> security than running SSH on a non-standard port" is non-sensical. |
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> From a security and encryption perspective, ssh and OpenVPN are |
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> exactly the same thing - stuff wrapped in an encryption layer provided |
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> by ssl, complete with exactly the same key setup should you choose to |
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> use that route. |
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Perhaps confusingly, ssh itself can be used to create openVPN-like VPNs |
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(actually, much simpler), using the -w option and a couple of tun (or |
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tap) interfaces on the connected computers. |
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