On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:12:09AM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 12/8/2020 1:50 AM, Charles Curley wrote: > >On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 23:27:25 +0200 > >ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> - any suggestions please , for a handy VPN for everyday use : no > >>specific purpose, but only to add a little more privacy ?? > > > >With no requirements, it is difficult to say. > > > >Will a VPN be overkill? Would you be better off with openSSH to log in > >remotely? > > > > If you use SSH only the SSH connection will be encrypted, the way I read > the OP's question is that all traffic should be encrypted through the VPN. You can tunnel things through an SSH. See the -X option (to tunnel an X connection) and all the -L and -R options to proxy a socket. As a simple-to-set-up VPN, SSH is unbeatable. It has its downsides, mind you; the SSH protocol isn't optimised for such things. But if you're using SSH day-to-day, then starting with it and re-thinking once you reach some bandwidth/latency limit is a very sensible path. For the occasional customer with some (stupid Java) app which can't live without a GUI (go figure!), I do regularly tunnel X11 VNC over SSH. Works like a charm. Cheers - t
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