On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 02:56:57AM +1000, Darren Tucker wrote: > > I see. That would be nice. But why was 'connect' needed at all? > > Because a proxycommand operates on stdio, you need to make a TCP > connection somehow. If ssh learns the above then it won't be > necessary. Doesn't it already, for remote port forwarding? //Peter