Autossh – automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels

Re:Autossh – automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels by aborsy on Saturday September 28, 2024 @05:22PM (#41683096)

Wouldn’t ssh with systemd or auto ssh be a more secure means of remote access to apps (like http/https apps) than the zero trust network access solutions (like Cloudflare Tunnels which terminates the TLS) or even Tailscale (which should be a trusted third party)?

You set up public key authentication with SSH to a reverse proxy, a persistent tunnel, and a socks proxy. In a Firefox profile, you set localhost:port. Done! All your services are available in that browser all the time.

Autossh with a reverse ssh tunnel can also be used to expose an internal service to the Internet through a VPS.

SSH has been very secure over the decades. A good feature of SSH is that it can jump from host to host, unlike VPN.

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Re:Autossh – automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels by curben on Saturday September 28, 2024 @10:23PM (#41684390)

SSH protocol does not protect against weak configuration, e.g. password authentication without brute force mitigation. Zero-trust can be misconfigured too, so it depends how well either of them is configured.

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