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author | Leonardo Laporte <hackdorte@yandex.com> |
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date | Thu Aug 03 05:22:36 2017 -0300 (2017-08-03) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/autossh/description.txt Thu Aug 03 05:22:36 2017 -0300 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ 1.4 +**autossh** is a program to start an instance of ssh and monitor it, 1.5 +restarting it as necessary should it die or stop passing traffic. The idea is 1.6 +from rstunnel (Reliable SSH Tunnel), but implemented in C. Connection 1.7 +monitoring is done using a loop of port forwardings. It backs off on the rate 1.8 +of connection attempts when experiencing rapid failures such as connection 1.9 +refused.