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From: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
Cc: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: VPN, via pppd over ssh 
In-Reply-To: Message from Tom <tom@uniserve.com> 
   of "Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:17:48 MST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104161316060.48967-100000@athena.uniserve.ca> 
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At 2001-04-16 20:17:48+0000, Tom writes:
> 
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Rich Morin wrote:
> 
> ...
> > The client suggests that I set up my FreeBSD box to run pppd over ssh,
> > achieving a VPN connection, then let the server act as a router for my
> 
> 
>   That won't likely work too well.  When packets are dropped, recovery can
> occur at the ssh TCP level, and the TCP session encapsulated in ssh.

I run PPP over SSH all the time, and it works great.  I've never run PPPD.

Nick B

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