ssh port forwarding blocks in connect()

[Markus Friedl]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 03:04:40PM +0000, eperez at it.uc3m.es wrote:
> Hello,
> I've seen that ssh port forwarding blocks in connect()
> Is this correct ?

no. it does not block in connect() just when
using DNS (unless you use a very old version
of openssh). if you use -L the blocking
occurs in the sshd, so make sure you use a recent
openssh sshd.

-m