[ale] SSH tunnel vs VPN

[Alex Carver]

Connectbot on Android does not.  That's why I was confused.  My remote
client is not a regular laptop.


On 2015-11-06 08:14, dev null zero two wrote:
> read the link I posted. ssh has vpn functionality.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> What built-in VPN?
>>
>> On 2015-11-06 07:44, dev null zero two wrote:
>>> why not both (other than it doesn't work _that_ great)?! ssh has had a
>>> built-in vpn for awhile now.
>>>
>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VPN_over_SSH
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm once again mildly pondering a VPN for home use but I wonder if it's
>>>> worth the effort over just having SSH with tunnels.
>>>>
>>>> The main purpose for either one is to let me get back to my home network
>>>> from my phone so I can do things like view security cameras, check/send
>>>> email, and some other minor things.
>>>>
>>>> As far as I can tell from the documents, I only need to open a UDP port
>>>> inbound on the firewall to establish the connection because the server
>>>> should then set up an outbound connection back to the client (solving
>>>> the NAT traversal and stateful firewall issues, please correct me if I'm
>>>> wrong on this).
>>>>
>>>> Is it actually worth the setup or should I just stick with SSH?  The
>>>> current setup is an Android phone with ConnectBot and a bunch of
>>>> tunnels.  If I were to go VPN I would get a new machine (likely a SBC
>>>> like a RasPi) to be the server, the firewall is still a separate device.