[PATCH] accept SOCKS request over the mux socket

Salvador Fandino sfandino at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 12 04:41:11 EST 2009


Hi



----- Original Message ----
> From: Ben Lindstrom <mouring at eviladmin.org>
> To: Salvador Fandino <sfandino at yahoo.com>
> Cc: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:27:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] accept SOCKS request over the mux socket
> 
> I'm concerned that people will become confused since -M -S combo has been 
> resevered for multiple ssh terminal sessions over a single tunnel.  I'd rather 
> see it more clear like:
> 
> ssh -D -M -S /tmp/mux 172.20.3.12 -N -f   if you want multiple tunnels + SOCK 
> support
> ssh -D -S /tmp/mux  .. if you just want SOCKS support instead of a PORT

It makes sense to me, but I think that for the same reason, it would be better to use a different flag instead of -D, say -E

Cheers,

 - Salva


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