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This feature seems to be offering similar functionality to OpenVPN's tls-auth which requires an additional key before a connection is allowed. Another option to
by casca 14y ago
This feature seems to be offering similar functionality to OpenVPN's tls-auth which requires an additional key before a connection is allowed. Another option to get similar functionality would be to use port knocking [1][2] but spiped gives other useful functionality too.
[1] http://www.portknocking.org/ http://www.portknocking.org/
[2] http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/knockknock/ http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/knockknock/
- cperciva 14y agoI was intending to mention port knocking in that blog post but didn't find a convenient point to fit it in. Yes, it's definitely an alternative solution to the "let me connect to sshd but not anyone else" problem.