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> 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 or

> 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 3y ago
> [...] 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.