[Box Backup] Tunneling TLS through SSH?
Pascal Lalonde
boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Thu, 18 May 2006 15:23:00 -0400
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 08:20:21PM +0200, Magnus Homann wrote:
> Is it possible to tunnel TLS through SSH? My backup server is Far Away,
> and I can't open the bbstored port on that machine. Thus, ssh to rescue.
> Or so I thought, but I have a hard time debugging the setup. I'm no root
> on the bbstored machine.
>
> Has anyone succeeded in doing this? How?
>
The latest OpenSSH has a tunnel feature, making use of a tunnel
pseudo-device. I don't know if this is limited to OpenBSD, but it might
be what you're looking for.
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Pascal