yes we have specific need for ssh.. thanks mate.
--- On Fri, 10/22/10, Federico Sevilla III <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Federico Sevilla III <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] SSH port forwarding to encrypt database connection > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, 22 October, 2010, 11:43 AM > Hi Philip, > > Have you considered the use of something like OpenVPN > instead? OpenVPN > seems more purpose-built for your needs, although as many > have pointed > out you may already have a specific need for SSH. > > Good luck. > > -- > Federico Sevilla III, CISSP, CSM, LPIC-2 > Chief Executive Officer > F S 3 Consulting Inc. > http://www.fs3.ph > > > On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 09:05 +0800, Philip Morales wrote: > > exactly this will be implemented to almost one > thousand database servers. connection needs to be stable, > since ssh port forwarding cannot > > act as a daemon if anything disrupts connection the > tunnel will have to be manually reconnected again to resume > database connectivity. > > > > im thinking of putting a dedicated ssh tunnelling > jumphost cluster for this. > > > > > > --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Bopolissimus Platypus Jr > > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > From: Bopolissimus Platypus Jr <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [plug] SSH port forwarding to > encrypt database connection > > > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) > Technical Discussion List" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Thursday, 21 October, 2010, 5:04 AM > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:27 AM, > > > Philip Morales <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > fleet wide? > > > > > > what does "fleet" mean in this context? are > the users > > > actually on > > > cars or trucks? how stable is the internet > > > connectivity like? if the > > > connectivity isn't stable, will ssh automatically > reconnect > > > when it > > > loses and regains connectivity? will the > end user > > > application detect > > > that the connection is down and reconnect? > > > > > > ssh connects via TCP and when the underlying > internet > > > connection goes > > > down, the ssh process will exit and any > connections > > > tunnelled over > > > that ssh connection will also go down. so > all of > > > those connections > > > will need to be reconnected. > > > > > > tiger > > > > > > -- > > > Gerald Timothy Quimpo http://bopolissimus.blogspot.com > > > [email protected] > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Even Tom Lane said: "Or, if you're worried > > > about actions from functions, use a trigger > > > to do the logging. There are approximately > > > no cases where a rule is really better than > > > a trigger :-( " > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing > List > > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
