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The ssh -W option -- which replaces netcat -- is relatively new. E.g. Redhat 5.x did not have it, nor did Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Until OpenSSH 5.4 netcat was the way
by Erwin 12y ago
The ssh -W option -- which replaces netcat -- is relatively new. E.g. Redhat 5.x did not have it, nor did Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Until OpenSSH 5.4 netcat was the way to do this sort of proxying.
- stock_toaster 12y agoI ran into an issue[1] with the combination of -W and control persist -- using openssh versions < 6.0. netcat worked fine. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4678117