Well, the big advantage is it doesn't listen on a port, which means if the system in question has a crazy local firewall policy, this works better. Also, on a m

Well, the big advantage is it doesn't listen on a port, which means if the system in question has a crazy local firewall policy, this works better. Also, on a multi-user system, this is more secure as other users cannot connect to this port. Plus, I'd rather use one command than two, makes scripting easier.