On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 01:17:43AM -0400, Paul Clements wrote: > On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-...@web.de> > wrote: > > > You will have to patch the nbd-client to initiate the ssh connection to > > start the server instead of using socat or use some LD_PRELOAD lib that > > changes socket() calls into opening a ssh connection. One problem there > > might be that the kernel nbd module might expect a socket. > > Indeed, it does. It's fairly hardwired to having a socket for the connection. > > Can an stunnel or something like that not work?
It should; I've received many reports from people doing just that. You shouldn't try to use it when swapping to NBD or similar (you'll invite deadlocks that way), but for this use case it should not be any less safe than 'regular' NBD. -- The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by the following formula: pi zz a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list Nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
