[Discuss] rpi-connect

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

> I just realized Debian on Raspberry Pi has extra, phone-out,
> VNC-something called rpi-connect.
>
> Handy for getting through NAT routers.
>
> No, I don't want that. ssh has a hard enough time staying secure, why
> should I trust 20 MB of some fancy stuff? Uninstalled.

Good call. It doesn't look like something I'd trust.

However, I had a project a decade or so ago that used a rendezvous server
to allow two systems on the internet to find each other, punch a hole
through their NAT, and start OpenVPN between two systems.

I think it probably works similarly. They probably don't use OpenVPN, and
just basically use encrypted port forwarding over ssh.


>
> Grrr.
>
>
> -kb
>
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