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+1 for a reference to slirp, which let you turn a dial-in connection to a Unix terminal into a real internet connection back in the days when your University would give you a terminal connection but not a PPP connection.
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To use OpenVPN you have to install extra software on the server and edit configuration files and set up keys. Not sure how that is easier?
The setup cost is higher, true, but the performance is better. TCP-over-TCP does not work well.
I haven't bothered to look at how this is actually implemented, so I can't comment on how it actually works.
Would this circumvent the checks Hulu does for example by forcing Flash to always connect directly. i.e using SOCKS Proxy will not work with Hulu but using full VPN will, so how will sshuttle rate ?
Also, if you start streaming Hulu through a shell account, there is a good chance that your shell account provider will notice and possibly get angry.
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sshuttle assembles the TCP stream locally, multiplexes it statefully over an ssh session, and disassembles it back into packets at the other end. So it never ends up doing TCP-over-TCP. It's just data-over-TCP, which is safe.
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It doesn't do TCP-over-TCP. From the README: sshuttle assembles the TCP stream locally, multiplexes it statefully over an ssh session, and disassembles it back into packets at the other end. So it never ends up doing TCP-over-TCP. It's just data-over-TCP, which is safe.