Hi, Joshua and list.
On 23 May 2014 11:42, Joshua Judson Rosen <jro...@harvestai.com> wrote:
> On 2014-05-22 20:17, Yousong Zhou wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> I am using PPPoSSH with ipset-enabled dnsmasq [1] mainly
>>>> for accessing and accelerating the speed of several websites. Well,
>>>> I myself quite enjoy the outcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> PPPoSSH will not accelerate anything, at best it will allow you to hide
>>>
>>> your packets from traffic shaping firewalls that artificially slow down
>>> your connections. For this purpose, you would be far better suited by
>>> using the port forwarding features of SSH.
>>
>>
>> My network environment is a limited one. PPPoSSH is only used as an
>> alternative route to sites that are either blocked completely by the
>> ISP, or speed-limited by the campus network admin. The SSH server I
>> use can provide better experience than without it.
>
> [...]
>
>> I still use local/remote/dynamic port forwarding a lot. SOCKS
>> proxy is different in that you have to configure every client that
>> need it. In addition to that, devices like smart phones and tablets
>> cannot use SOCKS proxy in an easy way. I prefer PPP over PTY because
>> it will provide more flexibility.
>
>
> Depending on what sort of resources your device has....: if you can run
> openssh (dropbear doesn't appear to support this, AFAICT), there's also
> built-in support in that (since version 4.3) for exactly the sort of thing
> you want, using tun devices ("ssh -w"), without the "recursive TCP" issues.
>
> (maybe you've already looked at that option; I figured it's worth mentioning
> just in case)
It's a TL-WR720N-v3 box with 4MB flash memory. But PPPoSSH works for
me, so I didn't bother trying the OpenSSH's feature on tun device :)
It surly should work as it is also used in the pvpn project.
Thanks for the input.
Regards.
yousong
>
> --
> "'tis an ill wind that blows no minds."
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