Re: [tlug] SSH tunneling restrictions

["Patrick Niessen" <tlug.niessen@example.com>]

On 8/15/06, Jim <jep200404@example.com> wrote:

> Using ssh instead of a VPN will not avoid the need to keep your
> client computers "safe".

Thats why I keep safe in quotation marks, to indicate the relative
nature of safety.  A web browser for instance runs on systems with
unknown safety, however the server is able to handle the risk to some
extend (otherwise we would not have the internet).

> Consider having your clients boot a live-CD (such as Knoppix
> or Puppy Linux) to do your sensitive stuff, regardless of
> whether you use a VPN or ssh.
> You might want to make a custom live-CD disk.

That would be the best.

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Patrick Niessen