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On Friday 05 January 2007 17:00, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> On Friday 5 January 2007 16:53, Mick wrote: |
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> > > More about that here: |
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> > > |
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> > > "Why TCP over TCP is a Bad Idea" |
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> > > http://sites.inka.de/sites/bigred/devel/tcp-tcp.html |
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> > |
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> > Hmm, that explains why running VCN through ssh gets a bit ropy at |
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> > times? |
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> |
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> Do you mean VNC? |
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Yes, if only I could type properly! ;-) |
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> > So, is port forwarding for browsing and emails through ssh a |
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> > bad idea then? |
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> |
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> No, because with ssh port forwarding you just forward the data coming |
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> from/going to the application (eg, mailreader) without stacking |
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> additional protocols (as in, for example, ppp or ip over ssh), for which |
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> you need some way of forwarding IP-or-lower-level data between |
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> interfaces (for example, using tun/tap). |
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> Some programs (like openvpn) overcome the issue by using tcp-over-udp by |
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> default. |
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OK. I don't think I need to run a full VPN. I just want to securely connect |
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to my router at home while I am out & about using public wifi hot spots and |
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thereby to be able to connect to the internet using my ISP for browsing & |
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email. The only ports I should need to forward via ssh to the router/server |
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are those serving http/https for browsing and 110/995/143/25/587 for email. |
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If the above assumptions are correct then what sort of a hardware router would |
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I need? (Either a straight off the shelf product, or one with modified |
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firmware). |
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Friends and colleagues often ask me how to achieve this, but all I |
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can think is running a PC on the LAN as a server for this purpose - isn't this |
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effectively a SOCKS5 server or am I getting mixed up here? |
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No idea how to achieve the same functionality using the embedded OS of a |
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hardware router. |
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Thank you for your help. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |