Re: Question regarding using RSH protocol (not binary) over SSH

Keith Thompson wrote:
all mail refused <elvis-85383@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On 2006-05-24, Keith Thompson <kst-u@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a way to more or less transparently tunnel rsh (or any
protocol) over a secure encrypted connection? Both ends of the
connection would think they're speaking plain rsh, but everything
that

I think the word you're looking for is VPN.

And questions arising are "Would it invalidate whatever property is
being tested?" and "Is it worth doing?".

I don't think VPN (virtual private network) is what I was thinking of.

A Google search for "ssl tunneling" might yield some useful results.
The first hit is <http://stunnel.mirt.net/>, which looks promising.

There's no need for this: SSH tunneling is potentially much superior in this
situation, since the user can gracefully set up the SSH tunnel or a managed
ssh-agent for cron job execution for exactly this purpose.


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