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oarsinsync on Dec 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: SSH over HTTPS

> Legendary OG VPN

We had actual VPNs (that would also be blocked) long before OpenSSH included -D as an option.

I remember having to do multiples of -L in order to be able to successfully download a file over FTP through an SSH tunnel. Fun times. -D made life so much easier once that arrived.

yjftsjthsd-h on Dec 24, 2023 [–]

> [...] FTP through an SSH tunnel. Fun times. -D made life so much easier once that arrived.

Hopefully also SFTP? Security was nice, but the real win was running like a normal application on a single port.

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