sematin@mtn.co.ug wrote:
Unless you have a specific need for ssh tunnels, you could simply setup a VPN tunnel between your host and the server using ipsec and thus ALL your connections to the server go through that secure tunnel. You don't need keepalives for that.
I'm looking for enlightenment here. Personal experience seems to indicate that ssh is a lot easier to set up then a vpn, freeswan being the only solution I've tried, and know of that works on Linux. So, ssh is the way I normally approach this problem. I can get ssh up an running from install, whereas freeswan is an effort measured in hours and frustration. Are there other solutions? -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft